Holiday Cheesecake

Name: Holiday Cheesecake
Prep time: 6 h 15 min
Cook time: 6 h 15 min
Total time: 6 h 15 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 baguettes; 3 Tbsps butter, melted; 454 grams packages cream cheese; 4 larges eggs; 79 milliliters chopped fresh basil leaves; 1 Tbsp chopped fresh thyme leaves; 118 milliliters ounces goat cheese (about; 0 teaspoons kosher salt; 10 servings Olive oil, for brushing; 177 milliliters diced roasted red bell peppers; 425 grams container) whole milk ricotta cheese; 118 milliliters strawberry jam; 1 Tbsp sugar; 1 Tbsp hot water

For $2.13 per serving, this recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 588 calories, 15g of protein, and 39g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 10. Head to the store and pick up baguettes, roasted bell peppers, eggs, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 6 hours and 15 minutes.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

To make the crostini, cut the baguettes into 1/4-inch thick slices. Using a pastry brush, brush the baguette slices with olive oil.

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Baguette

Olive Oil

Crostini

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Pastry Brush

Place on 2 foil-lined baking sheets and bake until crisp and golden, about 12 to 15 minutes. Reserve 25 of the crostini slices for the cheesecake. Cool the remaining crostini, then store in an airtight container until ready to serve.

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Crostini

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Aluminum Foil

To make the cheesecake crust, put the 25 crostini slices in a food processor and run the machine until crostini are like bread crumbs, about 1 minute.

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Breadcrumbs

Crostini

Crust

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Food Processor

Add the melted butter and pulse a few times to combine. Press the bread crumbs into the bottom of the cheesecake pan.

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Breadcrumbs

Butter

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Frying Pan

Bake until golden, about 10 minutes.

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Oven

Remove from the oven and let cool.

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Oven

To make the cheesecake, wrap the outside of the cheesecake pan with 2 layers of heavy-duty foil.

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Wrap

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Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

Place the ricotta, cream cheese, and goat cheese in a food processor. Pulse to mix.

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Cream Cheese

Goat Cheese

Ricotta Cheese

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Food Processor

Add the eggs, sugar, and salt and pulse a few times until well mixed. Using a rubber spatula, stir in the red pepper, basil, and thyme.

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Red Pepper

Basil

Sugar

Thyme

Egg

Salt

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Spatula

Pour the cheese mixture into the cheesecake pan.

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Cheese

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Frying Pan

Place the cheesecake pan in a roasting pan.

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Roasting Pan

Pour enough hot water in the roasting pan to come halfway up the sides of the cheesecake pan.

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Water

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Bake until the cheesecake is golden at the edges and the center of the cake moves slightly when the pan is gently shaken, about 1 hour (the cake will become firm when it is cold.)

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Oven

Frying Pan

Transfer the cake to a wire rack to cool for 1 hour. Refrigerate until the cheesecake is cold, at least 3 hours and up to 2 days.

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Wire Rack

To serve, combine the jam and the hot water in a small bowl and stir until the jam is liquefied.

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Water

Jam

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Bowl

Remove the cheesecake from the springform pan by running a knife around the inside of the rim and unlatching the pan's ring. Then, run a long metal spatula under the cheesecake and gently slide onto a serving plate.

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Springform Pan