White Chocolate Cheesecake with Strawberry Swirl

joanjoan

ingredients

  • Sauce
  • 10 oz fresh strawberries, hulled and quartered
  • 3 T sugar
  • 2 T strawberry preserves
  • juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 2 T water
  • 2 t cornstarch
  • Crust
  • 7 chocolate wafer cookies, crumbled
  • 3 graham crackers, crumbled
  • 2 T sugar
  • pinch salt
  • 3 T butter, melted
  • Cheesecake
  • 8 oz. white chocolate chopped
  • 3 pkgs. (8oz. each), cream cheese, room temperature
  • 3/4 C sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 t. vanilla extract
  • juice 1/2 lemon
  • 1/4 C cold strawberry sauce

directions

  • 1

    Process berries, sugar, preserves and lemon juice in food processor until smooth. Transfer to saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat.

  • 2

    Combine water and cornstarch in a small bowl until smooth, whisk into berry mixture. Simmer to thicken slightly, cover and chill until cold.

  • 3

    Preheat oven to 300°. Coat a 9-inch springform pan with nonstick spray.

  • 4

    Process cookies, crackers, sugar and salt for crust in food processor until fine.

  • 5

    Add butter as machine is running. Pat crumbs on bottom and sides of pan.

  • 6

    Melt white chocolate and set aside.

  • 7

    Blend cream cheese and sugar until smooth, using a mixer and scraping the sides of bowl.

  • 8

    Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition. Blend in melted chocolate, vanilla and lemon juice. Pour batter into prepared pan, then drizzle with 1/4 C strawberry sauce.

  • 9

    Swirl sauce into batter to create a marbled pattern. Place pan on baking sheet and bake until edges are set and puffed, but center is still jiggly, 60-80 minutes. Do not over bake. Turn off oven, crack oven door open and cool cake inside for 1 hour. Remove from oven and cool completely. Chill overnight and serve with remaining strawberry sauce.

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