Passover Nut Crust Recipes

PECAN NUT CRUST

Steps:

• Stir together ground nuts, cinnamon, and sugar. Mix in melted butter.
• Press the mixture into the bottom and up the sides of a 9 inch, deep-dish style, pie pan. Chill the unbaked crust in the refrigerator for about 30 to 45 minutes.
• Place pie crust on a cookie sheet, and position on the middle rack of a preheated 350 degree F (175 degree C) oven. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until lightly browned. WATCH it carefully, as nut crusts burn easily; they DON'T have to turn black to taste burnt! Cool completely before filling.

PASSOVER NUT CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Mix all ingredients in food processor.
• Pat mixture into a 10-inch springform pan.
• Bake for 7 minutes.

SWEET MATZO PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a food processor, pulse matzo to a fine crumb (you should have 1 1/2 cups). Add salt, coconut oil, sugar, and water. Pulse to combine, then press into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie plate. Bake until light golden, 16 to 18 minutes. Let cool completely before filling with your favorite kosher curd and meringue topping or chocolate ganache.

PASSOVER LEMON CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Make crust:
• Preheat oven to 350F with rack in middle.
• Pulse almonds, sugar, matzo cake meal, and salt in a food processor until finely ground. Transfer to a bowl and stir in butter until combined well. Press onto bottom and 1 inch up side of springform pan. Bake until crust is firm and a shade darker, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool crust completely in pan on a rack.
• Make filling and bake cheesecake:
• Reduce oven temperature to 300°F.
• Beat together cream cheese and sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Reduce speed to low and add eggs 1 at a time, mixing until incorporated. Mix in zest and vanilla.
• Put springform pan in a shallow baking pan and pour filling into cooled crust. Bake until filling is set 1 1/2 inches from edge but center is wobbly, 45 to 50 minutes (filling will continue to set as it cools). Transfer cake in pan to a rack and immediately run a knife around edge, then remove side of pan. Cool completely, 2 to 3 hours.

LOW CARB CHEESECAKE NUT CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place nuts in bowl of a food processor; pulse until ground into a meal.
• Add Splenda, butter and cocoa powder (optional) pulse to combine.
• Transfer nut mixture to a 9" springform pan and gently press to form a crust on bottom of pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes Remove from oven and cool.
• Fill with your favorite lowcarb cheesecake batter and bake according to cheesecake recipe directions.

PERFECT NUT CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine walnuts, butter, sugar, flour, salt, yolk, and vanilla. Beat until well combined. Firmly press into the bottom and up the sides of a 10-inch or 11-by-8-inch fluted tart pan with a removable bottom. Freeze until firm, about 30 minutes. Bake until edges are set and golden, about 40 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely on a wire rack.

NUT CRUST

Steps:

• Chop walnuts or pecans (I did mine in the blender).
• Melt butter and mix with the nuts in a pie plate.
• Add sugar and salt and pat into bottom of pie pan.
• Oila! Cooking is done, and you're ready to fill your crust.