Recipe by Daniel LaGarde, CEC, Hilton Hawaïan Village Beach Resort & Spa
One 10 inch cheesecake

CRUST INGREDIENTS:
3 oz toasted chopped pecans
2 ½ oz crushed graham crackers
3 oz butter
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 oz fine Decacer Maple Flakes

PREPARATION:
1. Mix ingredients together, press firmly into one 10 inch cake pan.                                 
2. Bake in oven (preheated to 325°F) for 10 minutes.

FILLING INGREDIENTS:
10 oz Brie (skin removed)
16 oz cream cheese
1 oz cake flour
4 oz granulated sugar
4 oz fine Decacer Maple Flakes
4 whole eggs
6 oz heavy cream

PREPARATION:
1. Place small pieces of Brie in a large saucepan. Add cream and heat until cheese melts
into cream. Strain through a fine sieve. Cool completely.
2. In a mixing bowl, whisk the cream cheese with sugar and Maple Flakes until softened.                                  
3. Add the Brie mixture and flour. Mix at low speed until smooth, scraping bowl often.
4. Add eggs slowly, scraping bowl after every 2 eggs.
5. Mix until batter is smooth and free of lumps.
6. Pour mix into the cake pan.
7. Bake in oven (preheated to 325°F) in a bain-marie for about 60 minutes or until the center is slightly set.
9. Chill. Unmold the next day.

SAUCE INGREDIENTS:
4 oz milk
4 oz heavy cream
¼ vanilla bean
2 oz Decacer Maple Flakes
2 egg yolks
½ oz Calvados
¼ cup sundried cranberries

PREPARATION:
1. Soak the sundried cranberries in Calvados for 30 minutes.
2. Heat milk, heavy cream, vanilla bean, and half of the Maple Flakes until mixture boils.
3. Remove the vanilla bean and set aside for another use.
4. Combine egg yolks and the rest of the Maple Flakes, then temper with part of the boiling milk while stirring constantly.
5. Pour liaison into the remaining milk and return to heat.
6. Stirring constantly, cook slowly until it reaches the nappe stage or 180°F (80°C).
7. Remove immediately from stove and strain through a China cap strainer, directly into a double boiler in an ice bath.
8. When cool, place with the cranberry in a blender. Blend at medium speed for a few seconds.

ASSEMBLY: Place dots of maple concentrate around the plate for maximum maple flavor.