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Margarita Cheesecake

Source of Recipe

Pat in VA


List of Ingredients

Nonstick veg. oil spray
1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted

Filling:

3 8-ounce bricks Neufchatel cream cheese @ room temp
1 1/4 cups light sour cream
3/4 cup plus 2 Tbls. sugar
2 1/2 Tbls. triple sec or other orange liqueur
2 1/2 Tbls. tequila
2 1/2 Tbls. fresh lime juice
4 large eggs

Topping:

3/4 cup light sour cream
1 Tbls. fresh lime juice
1 Tbls. sugar
Very thin lime slices, cut in half
Very thin lime peel strips




Recipe

For Crust: Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350 F. Spray 9" spring form
pan with 2 3/4" sides with veg. oil spray. Mix graham cracker crumbs and butter in
med. bowl until blended. Press crumbs over bottom and 1" up sides of prepared pan.
Refrigerate crust.

For Filling: Using electric mixer, beat cheese in lrg. bowl until fluffy. Beat in sour cream,
then sugar, triple sec, tequila and lime juice. Beat in eggs. Pour filling into crust. Bake until
outside 2" are set and center moves only slightly when pan is shaken, about 50 min. Remove
from oven; turn off oven.

For topping: Whisk sour cream, lime juice, and sugar in small bowl to blend. Spread evenly
over cheesecake. Return cheesecake to hot oven. Let stand 45 min. (Cheesecake will look very
soft but will set up when chilled.) Refrigerate cake until well chilled, up to 1 day.

Run knife around pan sides. Remove pan sides. Place cake on platter. Arrange lime half-slices
& peel around top edge of cheesecake.