This was the first time that we made our dishes! I have never made a cheesecake before, so this was a bit of a trial and error.

I started by mixing all of my ingredients for the cheesecake. I used a blender for the filling and food processor for the crust so this part wasn't too hard. Although right when it was ready for the small, individual sized pans I had imagined, I found out that hadn't arrived in the mail yet so I had to improvise! I instead found a six inch springform pan to use instead. When it came out of the oven, it was perfect! Then I tried to make the mango jelly and it came out terrible! I was afraid that not enough gelatin would be added so I put in a little bit too much and it solidified before even going onto the cheesecake. So, timing would be something that I would have to focus on.

Round 2 was definitely better! I was finally able to bake the cheesecakes into the small tins, and even though I thought the pans looked too small at first, they ended up being the perfect bite size! This time I did everything else as normal, and it went pretty smooth. I realized that before I used the full recipe and in these small tins it made almost twice as much as I really needed. 

I tried putting together a garnish, and it didn't look quite how I liked but it was a start. After having an idea of what kind of garnish I wanted, I started thinking more how I was going to pull off the plating. 

This was the final round! I made the cheesecakes and mango jelly a lot earlier in advance, so they were fully set by the time the judges came. Chef bought me a dragonfruit for garnish and I also used some strawberry puree from Jaron's drink mixture. In the end, I am very impressed with how these came out and the judges loved them!