Orange Cream Cheese

Original recipe called for kumquat, but i do not have it on hand. I had search Tesco, giant and carefour still cannot find, guest it is not seasson now. :( so i pandai-pandai replace it with 1/2 orange with skin on. :P and the result was amazing.... BITTER. :(  hehe

Anyway, i will try again using kumquat because my house kumquat going to ripe soon. Yeah....

Ingredients:
10 kumquats ( I replace with 1/2 orange with skin on)
½ cup water or more
25gm sugar or more (depending on the kumquat’ s taste)
125gm cream cheese, room temperature
60gm butter, slightly softened

Method:

Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Beat in cold kumquat puree. Taste it. If not sweet enough, add some caster sugar and beat a while. Use this to fill cake.

Note:-
Do this step in advance. Half kumquats and remove seeds. Slice them thinly and place in a saucepan together with sugar and water (amount should cover the sliced kumquats nicely, if not, add more). Bring to a boil and lower heat to simmer until kumquats are soft. Blitz the kumquats together with the syrup until a coarse puree forms. Let it cool down. It should be at the consistency of ketchup. Cover with plastic wrap and chill in fridge, it will further thicken.

hehe, i do not border to change the word kumquat to Orange because it is a NO GO and please do not replace it. :P

Original recipe: Table for 2 or more...