reclaiming the kitchen

now i have been whining recently how i do not have the time to utilize my kitchen, to discover the nooks and crannies of the fridge and cupboards, not a chance, to become the once-again master of my house's kitchen. oh well. 

i have not have any problem discovering where the wine is though.

 

through helping out in the kitchen every chance i had this weekend and the lastlast week (oh memories of ultimate freedom! food at home breakfast, lunch and dinner! the joys i did not know was mine until it was brutally snatched away by the monster company named ACCENTURE) i now know where the little dishes and kimchis are, and this weekend realized with joy that all my baking equipments are exactly where they were (which also means nobody has been using the oven..... the only baking freak in the family)

so this weekend, under my sister's request(she has recently gone through a major (minor in my opinion, but ok she's still a baby) disappointment, a little babying for my baby sister) i set on to make oreo cheesecake!

my ingredients! mine!

cheesecake is so easy to make, yet so satisfactory despite it. i remember visiting my friend at the hospital due to a broken angle with freshly baked oreo cheesecake (her favorites are actually cream puffs but hey, cream puffs are hard to puff up). after fussing over her bandaged ankle and hearing the details of the breaking-ankle story, i opened my bag and gave her the little package containing my proud creation. the moment she opened it her mouth dropped open in surprise. i panicked.

was it murphy's law at work? did she had oreo cheesecake for breakfast? somebody had already gave her an enormous oreo cheesecake the day before? or....were she allergic to oreos?

fortunately, it was nothing of those. her expression was that of shock, since she had just mentioned to her friend on facebook (of course, facebook) that she had wanted.....oreo cheesecake. whew. so she devoured the piece in one stand, me watching with a contented smile only cooks and bakers know when people yummily eat their food.

so on my way for another smiley satisfaction, i started rummaging through the cupboards, i found two! unfinished packages of oreos (one oreo korean version), threw away the cream sandwiched between the black cookies, and coarsely crushed them.  whipped up some cream cheese and sugar, eggs which made a very watery mixture, and poured it into the cheesecake pan. left it in the oven for forty minutes, and popped the cheesecake out of its pan.



cant resist taking bits before pics. im just not that professional enough.



the surface was cracked and all but this time, it was creamy and thick, decadent new-york-style (not the soft light souffle style) that stays in your mouth, fills your mouth with cheese-cheese-and mmm cheese! due to the fact that i did not use low-fat cream ch eese (not easily to find in korea) and did not skimp on it. all the oreos goes in, and there you get, a cheesecake that a fork sinks slowly in (not gliding in, mind you. 

yum yum we all went for more.


of course, instead our friends' doggie who was visiting couldnt have a bite. cheesecake is apparently not healthy for little doggies. or maybe we just all wanted the extra bite.




hi doggie! among the pots and pans.

 

p.s. my sister is a weird thing. whenever she spots something unique, weird, good, expensive, fancy looking, something different she stores it away in her secret hiding place. previous examples have been coffee beans my dad brought back from indonesia (she secretly showed it to me hidden inside her old book boxes on top of her bookshelf), fleur de sel (this i confiscated), random chocolates from cousins, and and this yummy cheesecake was no different. she tucked it away in the back of her side of her fridge, chopped up into pretty slices. like we can't find that.