Key Lime Cheesecake with Strawberry Sauce
Source of Recipe
From "The Coastal Living Cookbook"
List of Ingredients
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- � cup butter, melted
- � cup sugar
- 3 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1� cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 (8-ounce) container sour cream
- 1� tsp grated lime rind
- � cup Key lime juice
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- Garnishes: strawberry halves, lime slices, lime zest
- Strawberry Sauce (recipe follows)
Instructions
- 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.
- Beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy; gradually add 1� 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.
- 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
� 1� cups fresh strawberries
� � cup sugar
� 1� tsp grated lime rind
Process all ingredients in a food processor until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides.
Makes 1 cup.
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