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Key Lime Cheesecake w/ Strawberry Sauce




Source of Recipe


From "The Coastal Living Cookbook" --posted to RC by Catgurrl


List of Ingredients




* 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
* ½ cup butter, melted
* ¼ cup sugar
* 3 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
* 1¼ cups sugar
* 3 large eggs
* 1 (8-ounce) container sour cream
* 1½ tsp grated lime rind
* ½ cup Key lime juice
* .
* Garnishes: strawberry halves, lime slices, lime zest
* Strawberry Sauce (recipe follows)




Recipe




1. Stir together first three ingredients, and firmly press into bottom and 1 inch up sides of a greased 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 350° for 8 minutes; cool.

2. Beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy; gradually add 1¼ cups sugar, beating until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in sour cream, lime rind and juice. Pour batter into crust. Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 5 minutes; turn oven off. Partially open oven door; let stand in oven 15 minutes.

3. Remove from oven, and immediately run a knife around edge of pan, releasing sides. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack; cover and chill 8 hours. Garnish, if desired, and serve with Strawberry Sauce.

Makes 10 to 12 servings.

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STRAWBERRY SAUCE

• 1¼ cups fresh strawberries
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1½ tsp grated lime rind

Process all ingredients in a food processor until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides.

Makes 1 cup.