MY DELICIOUS GUAVA FILLED CHEESECAKE GARNISH with FRESH FIGS!

Unfortunately, I can’t get fresh figs all year long at the grocery stores. Therefore, when they are available, I try as many recipes as I can or I will eat them all by myself, smile.
 
Category:  Dessert
Approx. Prep and Cook Time:   Under 1 hr.
Approximate Cost:    $11.56 or $1.93 per serving
Difficulty Level:  Easy
Allergens, Other:  NOT Gluten Free    
Servings: 6 TO 8
 
Ingredients for the Crust $2.00
1 ¼ cups of Graham Cracker Crumbs (.80)
¼ - to 1/3 cups of unsalted butter (Melted) (Land o’ Lake at Walmart $1.31) (.70)
¼ cup of organic blond-color granulated sugar (.50)
 
Directions for the Crust
Prepare the crust by mixing all the ingredients listed under Ingredients for the Crust.
Add to your spring-form cheesecake pan. Set aside until ready to be filled.

Ingredients for the Cheesecake Batter $9.56
2 (8oz. each pack) of Philadelphia cream cheese at room temperature ($4.49)
½ cup of organic blond-color granulated sugar (.60)
1 tsp. Vanilla (.55)
1 plus tbsp. Amaretto Disaronno (.60)
2 eggs at room temperature (.32)
1- 14 oz. block of Iberia Guava Paste (1/3 cup chopped) + more for top garnish ($1.00)
 3 to 6 fresh figs, rinsed, pat dry and sliced. ($2.00)

Directions for the Cheesecake Batter
Mix cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and Amaretto in a bowl with an electric mixer until all ingredients are mixed.
Add the eggs and beat until blend and the 1/3 cup of chopped Guava paste to the mix, then with a spatula fold the chopped guava into the cheesecake mix.

Fill the baking pan completely and bake at 350 degrees for about 15 to 30 minutes, depending on your oven. SEE NOTE BELOW. (The cheesecake will form a dome, but after you test it for doneness, they will deflate back to normal.)
Remove from oven and let them cool.

Meantime, to cut the guava paste in circles, first, slice the guava in strips from top to bottom in about one and a half inches. Then slice the strips to the size you want the circles to be.  Mine are about ½” each and I used a cheese cutter, smile.
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Remove the cheesecakes from the mold by pushing up from the bottom, place in a serving plate and add the guava circles on top to garnish with mint and sliced figs.
 Enjoy!
 
NOTE: Place a tray under your baking mold to collect any butter leak. Since you are using a springform mold, the crust has lots of butter, so it will leak into your oven, and you will have to clean it.