Classic Italian Cheesecake

Name: Classic Italian Cheesecake
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 45
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps butter or margarine, melted; 5 eggs; 59 milliliters flour; 237 milliliters graham cracker crumbs; 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest; 946 milliliters POLLY-O Original Ricotta Cheese; 237 milliliters sugar; 2 Tbsps sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 118 milliliters whipping cream

The recipe Classic Italian Cheesecake is ready in around 1 hour and 45 minutes and is definitely an amazing vegetarian option for lovers of Mediterranean food. This recipe makes 45 servings with 91 calories, 3g of protein, and 5g of fat each. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up butter, whipping cream, lemon zest, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F if using a silver 9-inch springform pan (or to 325F if using a dark nonstick 9-inch springform pan).

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Mix crumbs, butter and 2 Tbsp. sugar. Press firmly onto bottom of pan.

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Sugar

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Bake 10 minutes.

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Meanwhile, beat ricotta cheese, 1-1/4 cups sugar and flour in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.

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Ricotta Cheese

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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Add whipping cream, vanilla and zest; mix well.

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Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing just until blended after each addition.

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Pour over crust.

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Bake 1 hour and 20 minutes or until center is almost set. Run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.

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Servings:

3Tbsps

butter or margarine, melted 5

eggs 59milliliters

flour 237milliliters

graham cracker crumbs 1teaspoon

grated lemon zest 946milliliters

POLLY-O Original Ricotta Cheese 237milliliters

sugar 2Tbsps

sugar 2teaspoons

vanilla 118milliliters

whipping cream

Recommended wine: Chianti, Trebbiano, Verdicchio

Italian works really well with Chianti, Trebbiano, and Verdicchio. Italians know food and they know wine. Trebbiano and Verdicchio are Italian white wines that pair well with fish and white meat, while Chianti is a great Italian red for heavier, bolder dishes. You could try Tenuta di Nozzole La Forra Chianti Classico Riserva. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.3 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 34 dollars per bottle.