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Chesecake Recipes
Looking for a dessert recipe for Easter? Try our Easter Cheesecake. This recipe pairs with Sweet wines, Tawny Port. Enjoy! #easter #cheesecake #dessert @chefvivant
Easter Cheesecake
Servings12 servings
Prep Time40 minutes
Cook Time70 minutes
Ingredients
- 3oz graham crackersfinely crushed
- 1tablespoon sugar
- 1/4teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4teaspoon ground nutmeg
Filling
- 5each eggs
- 1cup sugar
- 1lb cream cheseesoftened
- 1cup sour cream
- 2tablespoons flour
- 1teaspoon vanilla extract
Glaze
- 14oz canned black cherries
- 5oz blacak cherry jam
- 1/2cup sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 135°C/225ºF.
- Butter a 23cm9 inch spring form pan and line with baking paper.
- Combine cookie crumbs, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg and sprinkle evenly over pan. Set aside.
Filling
- Separate eggs and beat yolks until lemon colored, gradually add sugar. Cut cream cheese into small chunks, beat until smooth, slowly add egg yolk mixture. Beat until smooth, add sour cream, flour and vanilla. Beat again until smooth. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Gently fold egg whites into cream cheese mixture. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 1 hour 10 minutes.
- Turn off heat leave cheesecake in oven for 1 hour longer without opening oven door.
Glaze
- Drain the cherries and place 1/2 cup of the liquid with the jam and sugar in a saucepan, bring to a boil and reduce by half. Add the cherries and simmer for 3 more minutes. Cool and pour over the cooled cheesecake.
Recipe Notes
Pairs with Sweet wines, Tawny Port.
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