"John Kuthe" > wrote in message
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On Nov 9, 5:33 pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
>...
>> Given that the ginger was 97 cents a pound, and I used three cups of
>> sugar, and ended up with more than a pound of candied ginger, and it
>> costs $16.95 a pound at the bilk store.....

>Question: What exactly does one *do* with candied ginger? I'm thinking
>Christmas Candy. I saw a website that says candied ginger goes well
>with many things, even dark chocolate. Could one make a candy out of
>candied ginger, and would it be good?

You might make my vaguely infamous Scotch Bonnet Cheesecake,
with candied ginger in a starring role:

pavane's Scotch Bonnet Cheesecake


2# Cream Cheese
1.5 C Sugar
4 Eggs
1/2 C Heavy Cream
2T Lime Juice
1/2 C Chopped Crystallized Ginger
2T Seeded and finely chopped Scotch Bonnet or Habanero peppers


1/4 C Gingersnap crumbs


Oven preheated to 300, ensure it is not too hot.


Butter 8" solid cheesecake pan, sprinkle with cracker crumbs for crust.


Combine first four ingredients, beat until very smooth. Add Lime Juice,
fold in Ginger and Scotch Bonnets.


Pour into pan, set in waterbath and cook for 2 hours. Turn off oven and
allow to sit for another hour before opening oven and removing pan.


Let pan sit on rack for 2 hours before unmolding. Best after two days of
flavor-melding, serve room temperature.

pavane