White Chocolate and Cranberry Swirl Cheesecake

An unbaked cheesecake which I usually shy away from. From "Great Tastes of Manitoba" which puts out a publication to coincide with a local TV station that features a dish and a suggested beverage. For this dessert, they suggest Henriques and Henriques 10 yr. old Old Bual Maderira (Portugal). I haven't tried this yet, but will very shortly as I have a dinner party coming up. I'm nuts about nuts, so will probably add about 3/4 cup chopped pecans to the crust. And I'll substitute some of the orange juice with a bit of orange liqueur for a bit of extra punch. WHY CAN'T WE EVER JUST STICK TO THE RECIPE??!! Prep time is a guess. I have put in 4 hours for passive time, as I think this will need to set.

• Ready In: 4 hrs 35 mins
• Serves: 10

Ingredients

• Crust

• 1⁄3 cup butter
• 1 1⁄3 cups  chocolate wafer crumbs
• 1⁄4 cup sugar

• Filling

• 2  cups cranberries (fresh or frozen)
• 3⁄4 cup sugar, divided
• 1⁄2 cup  orange juice, divided
• 6  ounces white chocolate, chopped
• 1 (7 g) envelope unflavored gelatin
• 1  lb cream cheese, softened
• 1  tablespoon  finely grated  orange rind (optional)
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 1  cup  whipping cream

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. To make crust, melt butter, stir in crumbs and sugar. Press on bottom and partway up the sides of a 9 inch springform pan. Bake 8-10 minutes.
3. To make filling, place cranberries, 1/4 cup each of the sugar and orange juice in a saucepan. Cover, bring to a boil, stir frequently and crush cranberries. Reduce heat; simmer and stir frequently until a thick puree forms. Cool.
4. Melt chocolate in a saucepan or double boiler; set aside.
5. Sprinkle gelatin over remaining orange juice; let stand for 5 minute or until softened. Heat for 1 min or until gelatin dissolves; set aside. Beat cream cheese in a bowl until smooth. Beat in remaining sugar, orange peel, vanilla, chocolate and gelatin; set aside.
6. Beat whipping cream until soft peaks form. Stir 1/4 of the whipped cream into cream cheese mixture. Fold in remaining whipped cream.
7. Spoon half of the cream mixture onto crust. Spoon 1/2 of the cranberry puree onto cream cheese. Top with remaining cream cheese and puree.
8. Using a knife, swirl cranberries through cheesecake.
9. Refrigerate until set.