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Orange: Orange Delight Cheesecake

Source of Recipe

taste of home


List of Ingredients

1 cup vanilla wafer crumbs
2 tablespoons butter, melted
3/4 cup orange juice
1/3 cup sugar
2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
15 ounces ricotta cheese
16 ounces vanilla yogurt
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
1/8 teaspoon orange extract (optional)
15 ounces mandarin oranges, drained
2 tablespoons orange marmalade


Recipe

In bowl, combine wafer crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of ungreased 9" springform pan. Bake at 375ºF for 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. In a saucepan, combine orange juice, sugar and gelatin; let stand for 5 minutes. Cook and stir over low heat until gelatin is dissolved. Cool for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a blender or food processor, cover and process ricotta until smooth. Add the yogurt, orange peel and extract along with gelatin mixture; cover and process until smooth. Set asie 1/3 cup of oranges for garnish; add the remaining oranges to yogurt mixture and spoon into crust. Chill for at least 6 hours or overnight. Just before serving, run knife around edges of pan to loosen. Remove sides of pan. Arrange reserved oranges on top. Melt marmalade and spoon over top. Refrigerate leftovers.