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    Amaretto: Amaretto Cheesecake Tart

    Source of Recipe

    Low-Fat Meals, Vol. VI, #3

    List of Ingredients

    3/4 cup amaretti cookie crumbs
    3/4 cup zwieback crumbs
    1 tablespoon granulated sugar
    1/4 cup prepared prune butter
    16 ounces cottage cheese
    4 ounces cream cheese -- softened
    2 eggs
    2 tablespoons almond liqueur
    2 oranges, peeled and sliced into rounds
    1 kiwi fruit, peel and slice
    2 tablespoons apple jelly -- melted
    fresh raspberries -- optional
    orange peel -- optional
    mint leaves -- optional

    Recipe

    Preheat oven to 325�F. In medium bowl, combine cookie crumbs, zwieback and sugar. Cut in prune butter with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press onto bottom and sides of 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom. In food processor, combine cottage cheese and cream cheese 3 to 5 minutes, until smooth. Add eggs and liqueur; process until blended. Pour into prepared crust. Bake in center of oven about 30 minutes, until filling is set. Cool on wire rack; refrigerate until completely chilled. Arrange fruit on top of filling. Brush fruit with jelly. Garnish with raspberries, orange peel and mint. Cut into wedges. Makes 10 servings.

 

 

 


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