Cheesecake with Fresh Strawberry Sauce

Name: Cheesecake with Fresh Strawberry Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons cornstarch; 3 Tbsps cornstarch; 113 grams 1/2 cup block-style fat-free cream cheese, softened; 3 larges egg whites, divided; 4 larges eggs; 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice; 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice; 0 teaspoons salt, divided; 680 grams cups sliced strawberries (about; 118 milliliters sugar; 355 milliliters sugar; 2 Tbsps sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 20 reduced-calorie vanilla wafers; 118 milliliters water; 1 Tbsp water; 454 grams blocks 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened

If you have roughly 45 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Cheesecake with Fresh Strawberry Sauce might be an outstanding vegetarian recipe to try. This recipe serves 16. One serving contains 258 calories, 5g of protein, and 9g of fat. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of vanilla wafers, vanillan extract, cream cheese, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. It is perfect for Mother's Day.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

To prepare cheesecake, place 1/2 cup sugar, wafers, and dash salt in a food processor; process until mixture resembles sand.

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Wafer Cookies

Sugar

Salt

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Food Processor

Place 1 egg white in a small bowl; stir with a whisk until frothy. With the processor on, add 2 tablespoons egg white through food chute, processing until blended (discard remaining egg white). Firmly press mixture into bottom and slightly up sides of an 8-inch springform pan coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Egg Whites

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Springform Pan

Whisk

Bowl

Bake at 350 for 10 minutes; cool completely on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Reduce oven to 30

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Oven

Combine 1 1/2 cups sugar, 3 tablespoons cornstarch, and remaining dash salt in a large bowl.

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Corn Starch

Sugar

Salt

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Bowl

Add cheeses; beat with a mixer at medium-high speed until smooth. Reduce mixer speed to low.

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Blender

Add vanilla and 1 teaspoon juice; beat just until combined.

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Vanilla

Juice

Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition just until incorporated.

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Egg

Add remaining 2 egg whites; beat just until incorporated.

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Egg Whites

Pour cheese mixture into prepared pan.

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Cheese

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Frying Pan

Bake at 300 for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a 3-inch circle in the center of the cheesecake barely jiggles when the side of the pan is tapped. Turn oven off. Leave cheesecake in oven with the door open for 30 minutes.

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Oven

Frying Pan

Remove cheesecake from oven; run a knife around outside edge. Cool to room temperature on a wire rack. Cover and chill at least 8 hours.

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Wire Rack

Knife

Oven

Garnish cake with strawberries, if desired.

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Strawberries

To prepare sauce, combine sliced strawberries, 1/2 cup water, and 2 tablespoons sugar in a small saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes.

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Strawberries

Sauce

Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat. Strain mixture through a sieve into a bowl, pressing lightly with a spatula; discard solids. Return mixture to pan.

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Spatula

Sieve

Bowl

Frying Pan

Combine 1 tablespoon water and 2 teaspoons cornstarch in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk.

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Corn Starch

Water

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Whisk

Bowl

Add cornstarch mixture to pan. Bring to a boil; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.

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Corn Starch

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Frying Pan

Transfer mixture to a bowl; cool to room temperature. Stir in 2 teaspoons juice.

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Juice

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Bowl

If you make this cake in a nine-inch springform pan, cut the baking time by about 15 minutes. The center of the cake may appear looser than expected, but it will become firmer as it chills overnight.

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Springform Pan