New York Cheesecake
Source of Recipe
Internet
List of Ingredients
PASTRY
1 c Flour; sifted
1/4 c Sugar
1 ts Lemon peel; finely grated
1 ts Orange peel; finely grated
1/2 c Butter
Egg yolk
1/4 ts Vanilla
FILLING
2-1/2 lb Cream cheese
1-3/4 c Sugar
3 tb Flour
1-1/2 ts Lemon Peel; finely grated
1-1/2 ts Orange Peel; finely grated
1/4 ts Vanilla
5 Eggs
2 Egg yolks
1/4 c Cream
Recipe
Combine flour and sugar, peels in large bowl. Cut in butter until texture of
coarse crumbs. Stir in yolk and vanilla to form a soft dough. Chill at least
1 hour. 400F oven. Roll pastry on floured board to 1/8 in. thick Cut out a 9
in circle; refrigerate the trimmings. Place the circle of dough over the
bottom of a greased 9 in springform pan. Bake until golden, about 20 minutes.
Let cool. Filling: Beat cream cheese with the sugar, flour, lemon and orange
peel and vanilla with an electric mixer. Add eggs and yolks, one at a time,
beating thoroughly after each addition. Stir in the cream. Increase oven temp
to 550F. Grease sides of springform pan. Roll out the reserved pastry
trimmings and cut into strips 2 in. wide. Pat into place against the sides of
the pan, pressing an edge into the bottom crust. Fill immediately with the
cream cheese mix. Bake 12 minutes. Reduce temp to 200F; bake 1 hour. Let cake
cool on wire rack. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
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