The Ticket to Ride™ Official Cookbook is a culinary adventure inspired by the popular board game. It features recipes for regional dishes and drinks from across the United States and Canada, corresponding to the game’s destinations. Think New York pizza paired with a San Francisco Mai Tai, or New Orleans po’boys followed by Little Rock pecan pie. It’s designed to enhance your game nights with delicious meals and leave everyone satisfied and ready for another round of Ticket to Ride™ fun. The New York-style cheesecake in the Ticket to Ride™ cookbook promises a decadent and satisfying end to your game night adventure. Imagine a dense, creamy filling made with rich cream cheese, boasting a hint of tang from a touch of lemon and sour cream. This luxurious filling rests upon a buttery, crumbly graham cracker crust, offering a delightful textural contrast. Each bite is a celebration of New York’s iconic dessert, perfectly complementing your train journey across the game board and leaving you wanting more – just like another round of Ticket to Ride™!
Based on Alan R. Moon’s iconic board game, Ticket to Ride:
The Official Cookbook offers dining car menus inspired by your favorite destinations throughout the United States and Canada. Those who love Ticket to Ride know that each game is new and exciting, an opportunity to not just connect cities and routes, but to connect with friends and family. So, while you’re out exploring the map, cutting off your fellow continent-trotters’ routes, collecting tickets, and racing to travel through as many cities as possible, take that full-steam-ahead wanderlust to another level via these can’t-lose snacks, desserts, meals, and drinks.
The 75+ recipes are organized by the Destination Tickets you know and love from the core Ticket to Ride game, featuring unique dining-car menus inspired by the cities through which you travel. Each of the 15 routes includes an appetizer, a side dish, a main course, a dessert, and a cocktail (with or without alcohol) — all with deliciously strong ties to destination cities. Inside you’ll find easy-to-follow recipes and full-color photos for local favorites, regional desserts, and cocktails, including:
• New England Clam Chowder (Boston, Massachusetts)
• Hot Chicken (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Poutine (Montreal, Canada)
• Possum Pie (Little Rock, Arkansas)
• Half-Smoke Sausage Bites (Washington, DC)
• Cheesecake (New York, New York)
• Mai Tai (San Francisco, California)
• And much more!
The Ticket to Ride™ New York Cheesecake
Ingredients
- CRUST
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, or more as needed
- 12 ounces speculoos cookies 1 cup walnuts, toasted
- 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 cup flour
- FILLING
- 4 (8-ounce) blocks cream cheese, at room temperature
- 8 ounces goat cheese, at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 cup Mexican crema or sour cream
- zest of 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 5 large eggs plus 2 yolks
Instructions
- Brown the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat, whisking frequently until it foams and brown bits form on the bottom of the pan. When the butter is brown and smells fragrant, immediately put it into a cold bowl to keep it from cooking any further. Allow it to cool but not to solidify.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Add the cookies, walnuts, brown sugar, salt, and flour to a food processor or a blender and spin until broken into a sandy texture. Drizzle in the butter
- 1 tablespoon at a time while spinning until the mixture just begins to hold together when pinched. If it’s still crumbly, spin in a bit more butter.
- Grease a 9-inch springform pan, then press half the cookie mixture evenly against the pan sides. Press the remaining crumbs into an even layer on the bottom of the pan.
- Bake for 10 minutes and then transfer to the refrigerator to cool.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 325°F.
- Place the cream cheese, goat cheese, sugar, salt, and cornstarch in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (if you don’t have a stand mixer, you can use an electric mixer or a sturdy whisk). Mix on medium speed, scraping the sides of the bowl after about 30 seconds. Mix for another minute or so until well combined.
- Add in the sour cream, lemon zest, and vanilla and continue to mix for another minute until the ingredients are combined. Scrape the mixer paddle and bowl well.
- Then, with the mixer on medium speed, add the eggs and yolks one at a time, mixing until just combined and scraping the sides of the bowl halfway through, being careful not to overmix.
- Scrape the batter into the prepared crust and bake for 1 hour 45 minutes or until the center is not real wobbly. Cooling the cheesecake for at least 6 hours, preferably overnight will achieve the perfect creamy texture.
Bring together your friends, family, and fellow passengers to snack on treats, collect destination tickets, build routes, and reimagine game night as a tasty adventure.
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