4 orange cheesecake kumquats Recipes

water, sugar, vanilla bean , split lengthwise, kumquats (about 25 medium), thinly sliced crosswise, seeds removed, vanilla wafer cookie crumbs (made from about 9 oz cookies, finely ground in processor), golden brown sugar, unsalted butter, melted, fresh orange juice, sugar, divided, grated orange peel, cream cheese, room temperature, sour cream, all purpose flour, salt, eggs, room temperature

graham cracker crumbs, ground cinnamon, orange zest, butter or 1/2 cup margarine, melted, orange flavor gelatin, cream cheese, softened, sugar, evaporated milk, lemon juice, orange juice concentrate, vanilla extract, sugar, lemon slice, orange strip, kumquat, lemon balm (to garnish ) (optional)

almonds, toasted (see note ), cream cheese, softened, allpurpose flour, sugar, grated zest of 1 lemon, grated zest of 2 oranges, eggs, egg yolks, vanilla extract, sour cream, for garnish (optional), sliced kumquats, for garnish (optional)