Mango Cheesecake

Submitted by ellie_

"Posted per request for Caribbean recipes. Prep time includes standing time and cooling time (5 hours).Recipe source: Turtle Bay Cookbook."

 

• Ready In: 6hrs 35mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Yields: 1 10inch cake

ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1⁄4 cup chopped cashews
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1⁄2 cups sour cream
• 3 eggs
• 1 1⁄2 cups mango puree (made from ripe mangoes or use thawed frozen mangoes)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 1⁄2 cups sour cream
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons apricot jam
• 2 tablespoons corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon lime juice
• 1 teaspoon cider vinegar

directions

1. Preheat oven to 300°F.
2. Butter a 10-inch springform pan and set aside.
3. Combine first 3 ingredients (graham cracker crumbs- sugar) in a small bowl.
4. Stir in melted butter.
5. Press mixture into prepared pan.
6. Combine cream cheese and sugar in a food processor or blender; process until combined.
7. Add sour cream, eggs, mango puree, vanilla and lemon juice; process using on/off turns until combined.
8. Pour mixture into prepared crust.
9. Bake for 1 hour or until set.
10. Let cheesecake cool for 1 hour.
11. While cheesecake is cooling prepare topping by combining sour cream and sugar in a food processor until combined.
12. Preheat oven to 350°F.
13. After cheesecake is at room temperature (1 hour cooling at room temperature), top cheesecake with topping.
14. Bake 4 minutes.
15. Remove from oven.
16. Chill for at least 4 hours.
17. Prepare garnish (optional but highly recommended- if desired substitute passion fruit glaze for the following apricot glaze) Process glaze ingredients (apricot jam- vinegar) in a food processor.
18. Spread glaze over chilled cheesecake before serving.

Reviews

[Sharon123]

This took awhile to make but was so worth the effort! It turned out beautifully. I used 3 ripe mangos to make the 1 1/2 cups puree. Thanks!