Creamy Crab Cheesecake

Name: Creamy Crab Cheesecake
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps butter, melted; 168 grams crabmeat, drained, flaked and cartilage removed; 60 milliliters crushed butter-flavored crackers (about 25 crackers); 454 grams packages each) cream cheese, softened; 3 eggs, lightly beaten; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 2 teaspoons grated onion; 0 teaspoons pepper; 2 drops hot pepper sauce; 0 teaspoons seafood seasoning; 20 servings Additional seafood seasoning, optional; 173 milliliters sour cream, divided

If you have about 1 hour to spend in the kitchen, Creamy Crab Cheesecake might be an outstanding pescatarian recipe to try. This recipe serves 20. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 4g of protein, 13g of fat, and a total of 149 calories. If you have seafood seasoning, pepper sauce, crackers, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Creamy Creole Crab Pots, Creamy, Cheesy Crab Dip, and Creamy Amaretto Cheesecake are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

In a small bowl, combine cracker crumbs and butter. Press onto the bottom of the greased 9-in. springform pan.

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Place pan on baking sheet.

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Bake at 350° for 10 minutes.

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Place pan on a wire rack. Reduce heat to 325°.

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In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and 1/4 cup sour cream until smooth.

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Add eggs; beat on low just until combined.

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Add onion, lemon juice, seafood seasoning, hot pepper sauce and pepper; beat just until blended. Fold in crab.

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Pour over crust. Return pan to baking sheet.

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Bake for 35-40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen. Cool 1 hour longer.

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