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Strawberry Cheesecake




Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients




CRUST:
1/2 cup butter -- melted
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
FILLING:
1/2 cup sour cream
4 8 ounce packages cream cheese -- at room temperature
1 1/4 cups superfine sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
3 large eggs -- at room temperature
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
TOPPING:
2 cups strawberries -- cut into pieces
20 medium large strawberries, whole
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon unflavored gelatin
2 tablespoons lemon juice


Recipe



For the crust: Preheat oven to 300°F. Place a cardboard round in the
bottom of a 9" springform pan. Butter the pan and cardboard.

Blend sugar and cracker crumbs together and mix with melted butter. Press
onto bottom of springform pan and about 1" up the sides. Set aside.

For the filling: Mix sour cream in a bowl at medium speed. Add cream
cheese and mix at medium speed until
smooth, about one minute. Scrape mixture down sides of bowl.

With mixer running, add sugar in a stream until mixture is smooth. Scrape
down sides of bowl.

Add flour and salt and mix until blended, about 15-20 seconds.

Add eggs one at a time until each is well-blended, scraping down sides of
bowl between each egg. Mix in vanilla and lemon juice.

Pour mixture into prepared crust. Bake at 300° for 60-70 minutes or until
set (only the center should jiggle).

Turn off oven. Leave cheesecake in oven for about 30 minutes with the
door cracked open. Let cool at room temperature. Chill overnight. Run
knife around edge and take off side of pan.

For the topping: Crush 2 cups of strawberries and place in a small, heavy
saucepan with sugar, cornstarch, gelatin, and lemon juice. Stir over
medium to low heat until mixture just comes to a boil and turns
translucent.
Remove from heat and let cool for 5 minutes. Strain into a bowl or large
cup.

Cut tops off the whole strawberries and dip each strawberry into glaze.
Place strawberries, pointed side up, in concentric circles on top of
cheesecake. Chill.