201's Raspberry Cheesecake
List of Ingredients
Serves: 6
24 oz Cream Cheese
3/4 C Sugar
1/2 T Corn Starch
3 Eggs
2 Egg Yolks
1/4 C Chambord or Cassis
1 t Lemon Peel, grated
1/2 C Raspberries
5 oz Semisweet Chocolate
3 oz Butter
2 Egg Yolks
3 Egg Whites
1 C Heavy Cream
3 T Sugar
1 t Vanilla Extract
1 1/4 C Graham Cracker Crumbs
1/3 C Butter, melted
Recipe
Method For Cheesecake:
· In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar and corn starch.
· Mix to remove any lumps.
· Add sour cream, cream cheese, lemon peel and cassis.
· Whip the mixture with electric beater until smooth and creamy.
· By hand whip in one egg at a time until all are incorporated.
· Do not over mix.
· Stir in raspberries.
· Pour mixture into spring form pan with crust on bottom.
· Wrap pan with wet towel and place on cookie sheet.
· Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
· Chill cake completely in pan.
Method For Crust:
· Combine 1/3 cup melted butter with graham cracker crumbs and mash evenly into bottom of pan.
Method For Chocolate Mousse:
· In a double boiler melt chocolate.
· Add butter and stir until melted and combined with chocolate.
· Remove from heat and stir in egg yolks.
· Whisk egg whites with sugar until soft peaks form. Set aside.
· Whip cream with vanilla just until firm.
· Gently fold results of steps 1, 2 & 3 together and pour cooled cakes.
· Chill until set firm. Remove from pan, slice and serve.
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