Country Cheesecake
Source of Recipe
Sunday Dinner
List of Ingredients
Crust ingredients:
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter
3 egg yolks
3 TBS dairy sour cream
Filling Ingredients:
4 eggs
1 egg white
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 pounds of farmers or ricotta cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
2 TBS grated orange or lemon peel
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Recipe
To make the dough, combine flour, sugar,
baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
Using a pastry blender or two knives cut
the butter into the flour mixture leaving
a coarse and crumbly texture (mixture will
contain some lumps).
In a separate bowl, beat egg yolks into
the sour cream.
Stir the beaten egg yolks into the dough
mixture.
Knead in the bowl until mixture begins to
form a dough and is well mixed.
Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate
one to two hours.
Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface
to fit a 13 x 9 x 2" pan in approximately a
15 x 11" rectangle.
Line the bottom of the pan with the dough,
stretching to fit so that it comes up to
about two thirds of the way up the sides
of the pan.
~~~ For the filling, beat the eggs and egg
white at high speed of electric mixer until
thick.
Add the sugar gradually, continuing to beat
at high speed until egg whites are stiff,
but not dry, and peaks form.
Press the cheese through a sieve or potato
ricer or pulse in food processor.
Fold gently into beaten egg white mixture.
Add the remaining ingredients.
Mix thoroughly, but gently so as not to
deflate the egg whites.
Turn the cheese filling into the dough-lined
pan.
Bake at 350F for 40 minutes or until set.
Cool and cut into squares.
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