Lemon Curd Marbled Cheesecake

"This is from Epicurious. Mmmmmm I love lemon cheesecake! Cooking time includes chilling."
 
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Ready In:
8hrs 30mins
Ingredients:
14
Serves:
10
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ingredients

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directions

  • Whisk together zest, juice, sugar, and eggs in a 2-quart heavy saucepan. Add butter and cook over moderately low heat, whisking frequently, until curd is thick enough to hold marks of whisk and first bubbles appear on surface, about 6 minutes.
  • Force lemon curd through a fine-mesh sieve into a wide shallow dish, scraping bottom of sieve, then cover surface with wax paper. Cool completely, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes.
  • Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F
  • Invert bottom of springform pan (to make it easier to slide cake off bottom), then lock on side. Stir together crumbs, 1/3 cup sugar, 3/4 teaspoon salt and 5 Tablespoons butter in a bowl, then press onto bottom and 1 inch up side of springform pan. Place springform pan in a shallow baking pan and bake 10 minutes, then cool crust completely in springform pan on a rack.
  • Reduce oven temperature to 300°F.
  • Beat together cream cheese and 1 cup 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, beating until incorporated. Beat in sour cream and vanilla until combined.
  • Pour two thirds of cream cheese filling into crust, then spoon half of lemon curd over filling and swirl curd into filling with a small knife. (Avoid touching crust with knife to prevent crumbs getting into filling.) Repeat with remaining filling and curd.
  • Bake cheesecake until set 1 1/2 inches from edge but center trembles when pan is gently shaken, about 45 minutes. (Center of cake will appear very loose but will continue to set as it cools.) Transfer springform pan to a rack and immediately run a knife around top edge of cake to loosen. Cool completely, about 2 hours, then chill, uncovered, at least 4 hours. Remove side of springform pan before serving.
  • Notes:.
  • • Lemon curd can be made 1 week ahead and chilled, covered.
  • • Crust (without filling) can be made 1 day ahead and kept, covered, at room temperature.
  • • Cheesecake can be chilled, loosely covered, up to 2 days. Cheesecake must be completely chilled before covering to prevent condensation on its surface.

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Reviews

  1. This cheesecake sets the new gold standard for me...absolutely wonderful! Because I wanted to be able to serve this to the diabetics in my family I used a different crust ( a combination of graham crumbs and oatmeal, sugar free and only 2 1/2 Tbsp butter), and I also used Splenda instead of sugar in both the curd and filling. Mine baked in 45 minutes. Even after 3 days, the leftovers were great...served with fresh strawberry sauce...TDF...
     
  2. Loved this cheesecake. Time consuming but well worth it if you can spare the half day. Took well over the suggested 45mins to cook - closer to double that, and as such butter leeched from the base. Still an awesome cheesecake though.
     
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