Piña Colada Cheesecake

I’ve been thinking about the Piña Colada Cheesecake for a while now.  After the great success of my other Kosher for Passover/Dairy Free/Gluten Free cheesecakes, I knew that I had to come up with another amazing version of the Classic.

Oh, and BTW… The Classic Cheesecake recipe was just featured in no other than the 2023 edition of…

 

Coming up with the recipe for Piña Colada Cheesecake

All the way back in 2005!!! I came up with a traditional, dairy filled recipe for Almost Fat Free Piña Colada Cheesecake which I created for Shavuot.  The original recipe is dairy filled and was created full of gluten, however it’s easy to adapt to be gluten free.

Adapting the original Piña Colada Cheesecake recipe for today

I figured if I took the basic recipe for the cheesecake and merged it with my Homemade Almond Cream Cheese recipe, something fabulous would happen.

And it did!

Starting with the Coconut Macaroon Crust

The flavors in a Piña Colada are coconut and pineapple.  I really wanted to add some rum extract to the cheesecake batter, but I couldn’t find it Kosher for Passover.

Bummer.

I started with a basic coconut macaroon crust which consisted of ten ounces of coconut macaroons pulverized into a crumb.  I used my food processor, but you could just as easily toss the macaroons into a large Ziplock bag and smash them into a crumb.

Then I pressed them into the bottom and an inch up the sides of a greased and lined springform pan.

Super simple.

In the first iteration of the recipe, I didn’t bake the crust and just added the cheesecake batter, then baked the whole cheesecake at once.  I didn’t love it.  I felt that the crust was slightly mushy.   If you like it that way then feel free to make your cheesecake that way.

For the second iteration, I baked the crust for around 15 minutes.  That worked way better and I felt that the crust held up when the cheesecake was finished.

For the Piña Colada Cheesecake Almond Cream Cheese Cheesecake Filling

For the filling I used the basic Almond Cream Cheesecake recipe that was published in Fleishigs Magazine for Passover 2023.

That part of the recipe is pretty straight forward.    The only planning requires making the Homemade Almond Cream Cheese in advance.  If you’re making this cheesecake during the year/not Passover, add a teaspoon of rum extract to the filling.

For the Homemade Pineapple Topping for the Piña Colada Cheesecake

Passover is a hard time to find grocery items that might be easier to find during the year.  While you might be able to find a ready-made pineapple topping, I really like the homemade one better regardless.

The pineapple topping used on the Piña Colada Cheesecake is fairly simple to make.  There are several small things to pay attention to.

1. Make sure to whisk the potato starch with the sugar until they are completely blended.  This is a terrific way to ensure that you don’t get those little white balls of starch stuck in your topping.  I hate those.
2. I use the pineapple juice from the canned pineapple.  Simply straining out the juice from the pineapple, then whisking it into the prepared sugar/starch mixture makes the topping super pinappley and is way better tasting than using water.
3. By separating the liquid from the actual pineapple, you can make sure that the topping is properly blended and turns out perfectly.

I make the pineapple topping while the cake is baking, then they can both cool in the fridge until ready to serve.

For the Toasted Coconut Piña Colada Cheesecake Topping

I used sweetended shredded coconut for the topping and toasted it in the oven.  You may be able to find shredded coconut in your local store that’s Kosher for Passover.  If you can’t, don’t worry.  I posted a link at the bottom of the recipe, and if you can’t/don’t want to order that, and can’t find shredded coconut in the store, you can simply crumble more coconut macaroons arount the top of the cake instead.

It works.

Here’s the Recipe for Piña Colada Cheesecake

This is the recipe for Piña Colada Cheesecake.  The topping recipe makes a little more than is needed for the top of the cheesecake.  I recommend serving the extra on the side for people to take with their Piña Colada Cheesecake slices.  It’s amazing when it oozes over the side of the cake!!!

 

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