Ingredients

  • 200 g vanilla wafers
  • 70 g melted butter
  • 40 g blanched almonds
  • 800 g Philadelphia Cream Cheese
  • 100 g sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 4 eggs
  • 80 g powdered sugar
  • 100 ml heavy cream
  • 40 g salted butter
  • 3 pinches salt

Method

  • Blend chopped almonds and cookis into fine crumbs using processor, add melted butter, mix.
  • place cupcake papers in pan, press cookie mixture in bottom of each paper.
  • place in freezer till ready to fill.
  • heat oven to 160c.
  • mix cream cheese, softened, sugar and vanilla till well blended together by hand.
  • add eggs 1 at a time till well mixed, stir iin cream.
  • pour fill each paper 2/3 full.
  • bake 1 hour, cool in over, refrigerate 48 hours.
  • melt sugar in a pain on low without stirring till light amber color while heating cream till just simmering.
  • once sugar is liquid, slowly wisk in cream off the heat, then add melted butter, then add salt and stir.
  • place in jar store at room temperature.
  • place carmel on each at serving time.