Raspberry White Chocolate Cheesecake |
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Prep Time: 45 Minutes Cook Time: 255 Minutes |
Ready In: 300 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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This is an excellent cheesecake and I love the crust. I use Lorna Doone cookies! It is worth the work! Ingredients:
1 cup crushed shortbread cookie (about 3 oz.) |
3 tablespoons toasted almonds, finely chopped |
1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted |
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened |
1 (6 ounce) package white chocolate, baking bars melted and cooled |
2/3 cup sugar |
3 eggs |
2/3 cup sour cream |
1 teaspoon vanilla |
1 (10 ounce) jar seedless red raspberry jam |
1 cup fresh red raspberries or 1 cup frozen loose-pack lightly frozen sweetened raspberries |
Directions:
1. For crust:.
2. Combine crushed cookies and chopped almonds in a small mixing bowl;.
3. Stir in melted butter or margarine.
4. Press mixture evenly onto bottom of an 8-inch springform pan. Set pan aside.
5. For filling:.
6. Beat cream cheese and melted baking chocolate in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until combined.
7. Add sugar, beating mixture until smooth.
8. Add eggs, sour cream and vanilla; beat on low speed until just combined. DO NOT OVERBEAT.
9. Pour filling into crust-lined pan.
10. Place pan on a shallow baking pan in the oven.
11. Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes or until center appears nearly set when gently shaken. (This cheesecake puffs during baking then settles as it cooks); DO NOT OVERBAKE!
12. Remove springform pan from baking pan and cool on wire rack for 15 minutes.
13. Use a small metal spatula to loosen the sides of pan and cool for another hour.
14. Cover and chill for an additional 4 hours.
15. For sauce:.
16. Melt preserves in a small saucepan over low heat.
17. Add berries.
18. Heat gently just until sauce simmers; cool.
19. To serve:.
20. Cut cheesecake into wedges and drizzle some of the sauce over and around each serving.
21. TIP: to toast almonds, place almonds in a non-stick pan and stir over medium-high heat until they start to brown. I add a tad of butter to assist with the browning process.
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