Blackberry Lime Cheesecake
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
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INGREDIENTS FOR CRUST
- 2⁄3 cup graham wafers, crumbs (about 5 whole crackers)
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
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INGREDIENTS FOR CHEESECAKE
- 1 (500 g) package frozen blackberries, thawed for 30 minutes at room temperature, divided
- 3⁄4 cup sugar, divided
- 2 (250 g) packages cream cheese, room temperature
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
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INGREDIENTS FOR CURD
- 2 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup lime juice
- finely grated zest from 2 lime
- 4 tablespoons butter, cut up
- fresh blackberries and mint leaf (to garnish)
directions
- Heat oven to 350°F Spray a 6-inch springform pan with baking spray.
- In a small bowl, use a fork to combine graham cracker crumbs, melted butter and brown sugar. Press mixture into bottom of prepared pan. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden around edges. Set aside to cool. Leave the oven on.
- Reserve 2/3 cup of the semi-thawed blackberries.
- In a blender or food processor, combine remaining blackberries with 1/4 cup of the sugar. Process or blend until puréed. Strain through a fine mesh strainer to remove seeds. Set aside purée.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine cream cheese, remaining 1/2 cup sugar and flour. Mix on low until combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, then mix some more. Do not mix any faster than meduim-low; you don't want to incorporate air into the mixture. Add 1 egg, mix thoroughly and scrape bowl. Add second egg, mix and scrape again. Add vanilla and mix one more time. Fold 1/2 cup of the blackberry purée and reserved whole blackberries into batter.
- Transfer batter to crust. Bake for 10 minutes; then reduce oven temperature to 250F and bake for another 30 minutes. The top of the cheesecake should be slightly puffed and spongy-firm to the touch. It should just jiggle slightly when the pan is tapped.
- Let cool at room temperature for 1 hour, then refrigerate until completely chilled.
- While cheesecake bakes, prepare blackberry-lime curd. In a medium stainless-steel bowl, combine eggs, and sugar with a whisk. Add remaining blackberry purée, lime juice, and lime zest.
- Set bowl over a medium saucepan of simmering water. The bowl should rest on the top edge of the pan without touching the water. Whisk mixture continuously until it reaches 170°F Remove from heat and add butter, one piece at a time, whisking to combine. Press plastic wrap directly onto surface of curd and refrigerate until cool,.
- When ready to assemble dessert, remove springform sides. Run a spatula under crust to remove bottom of pan. Transfer to plate. Spoon blackberry-lime curd over top of cheesecake. Garnish with blackberries and mint leaves and serve.
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I have been making this recipe for some time and love it. But I lost it so was really excited to see it published here. Because I am Diabetic, I substitute fat-free cream cheese for the regular, Splenda Brown Sugar for the brown sugar, and Spenda or Stevia for the sugar. Otherwise, I follow the recipe exactly though I do use mixed frozen berries frm Costco. This is so refreshing and the flavors completely camoflage the fat-free, sugar-free aspect (I've never tried it the original way so can't tell you how wonderful it is.) Definitely a five star for those who like sweet-tart, and the curd is tart. Off to make one now....
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I have been making this recipe for some time and love it. But I lost it so was really excited to see it published here. Because I am Diabetic, I substitute fat-free cream cheese for the regular, Splenda Brown Sugar for the brown sugar, and Spenda or Stevia for the sugar. Otherwise, I follow the recipe exactly though I do use mixed frozen berries frm Costco. This is so refreshing and the flavors completely camoflage the fat-free, sugar-free aspect (I've never tried it the original way so can't tell you how wonderful it is.) Definitely a five star for those who like sweet-tart, and the curd is tart. Off to make one now....
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