Passover Lemon Cheesecake With Almond Crust
Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
Serves: 10
Ingredients
Almond Crust
- 3⁄4 cup sliced blanched almond, toasted and cooled
- 2⁄3 cup sugar
- 2⁄3 cup matzo cake meal
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
Lemon Cheesecake Filling
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
- 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Directions
- Make crust: Preheat oven to 350F with rack in middle. Pulse almonds, sugar, matzo cake meal, and salt in a food processor until finely ground. Transfer to a bowl and stir in butter until combined well. Press onto bottom and 1 inch up side of springform pan. Bake until crust is firm and a shade darker, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool crust completely in pan on a rack.
- Make filling and bake cheesecake: Reduce oven temperature to 300°F Beat together cream cheese and sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Reduce speed to low and add eggs 1 at a time, mixing until incorporated. Mix in zest and vanilla.
- Put springform pan in a shallow baking pan and pour filling into cooled crust. Bake until filling is set 1 1/2 inches from edge but center is wobbly, 45 to 50 minutes (filling will continue to set as it cools). Transfer cake in pan to a rack and immediately run a knife around edge, then remove side of pan. Cool completely, 2 to 3 hours.
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