Lime Cheesecake with Pomegranate Glazed Strawberries
Ingredients:
16 oz cream cheese
4 jumbo eggs
1 cup sugar, plus more for the glaze and crust.
1 large package of strawberries
1/4 Cup pomegranate juice.
1 lime sliced into 8 slices
Zest of three limes
Juice of half a lime.
Special Equipment:
Spring form pan
Food Processor
Baking Sheet.
Special Equipment:
Spring form pan
Food Processor
Baking Sheet.
When I was a boy, my mother would make my sister and I any cake we wanted for our birthdays. I always chose cheesecake. I love the stuff and when it's around I can't stop eating it. I've never had a cheesecake I didn't like. I even tried lobster cheesecake once and it was killer. I got a little bit of cheesecake fever with spring right around the corner and the excellent weather we've been having here in Las Vegas, so I busted one out. For this cheesecake recipe I chose lime with a pomegranate-glazed strawberry topping. Purists may scoff at the graham cracker crust and I totally respect that, but the power of nostalgia is strong and this is how momma threw down.
The first thing you need to do for this cheesecake recipe is to get the crust ready so it can set up in the fridge. The second step will be to get the strawberries going. As those cook, you will put the filling together. Everything should go smoothly. It's easy. The biggest problem I have is making the crust even.
To get the crust started:
Melt a stick of butter.
Set it aside
Put one package of graham crackers in a food processor with two tablespoons of sugar and pulse a couple times to break the crackers apart.
Put one package of graham crackers in a food processor with two tablespoons of sugar and pulse a couple times to break the crackers apart.
Now lightly grease your spring form pan.
Carefully form a crust in the spring form pan. Try to get the sides up as far as you can.
Throw it in the fridge to set.
Now hull the strawberries.
Cut them in half and throw them in a pot with the pomegranate juice, lime juice, and 2-3 TBS of sugar. You could throw some booze in at this point if you want. Use what you like and what you think would go nicely with it.
Put the heat on high and quickly bring to a full boil.
Let it boil for one minute and remove it from the heat.
Transfer to a container and let it cool.
Chill in fridge.
While that is chilling in the fridge, you can begin to put the cheesecake mixture together.
In a clean food processor add:
Cream Cheese
1 cup of sugar
Zest of three limes.
6 eggs.
Run the food processor until it is just blended. Stop once to scrape edges. Don't over blend it and incorporate too much air, like I did. If you do, tap it out on the counter top.
Put the spring form pan on a baking sheet and bake in your preheated oven for 30 minutes.
Check it. If the whole thing jiggles it needs 7-10 more minutes. If only the center jiggles. It is done.
Turn off the heat and remove the cheesecake.
Let it cool completely on a rack before topping it with the chilled strawberries.
Serve it up. lvfrankg
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