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Key Lime Cheesecake with Strawberry Sauce

Source of Recipe


From "The Coastal Living Cookbook"



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
  
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• Garnishes: strawberry halves, lime slices, lime zest
  
• Strawberry Sauce (recipe follows)
  






Instructions



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.