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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 325ºF. 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.