ʻŌhelo Cheesecake
“I have fond childhood memories of riding along with my cousins in my aunty’s pine tree green Ford station wagon to Volcanoes National Park, where we’d go up to the Crater Rim Drive to pick buckets of ʻōhelo berries." -Chef Brian
The ʻōhelo, which is a food source for the nēnē, our state bird, has great significance in Hawaiian history and culture.
Prior to eating the berries or upon visiting Kīlauea, they are offered to Pele, goddess of the volcano, as the berries and branches represent the flesh & bones of Kaʻōhelo, her sister who was buried at Kīlauea
ʻŌhelo is often picked to make jellies and jams, and is the featured ingredient in our signature dessert, ʻŌhelo Berry Cheesecake, which was inspired by a dessert Chef Brian's mom and aunty would often make after picking ʻōhelo.
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