Honey Ricotta Cheesecake

Name: Honey Ricotta Cheesecake
Prep time: 1 h 50 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams purchased biscotti; 454 grams packages cream cheese, room temperature; 4 larges eggs; 59 milliliters orange blossom or clover honey; 1 Tbsp orange zest; 340 grams fresh whole milk ricotta, drained; 177 milliliters sugar; 6 Tbsps (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, melted

Honey Ricotta Cheesecake requires around 1 hour and 50 minutes from start to finish. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 6g of protein, 17g of fat, and a total of 286 calories. This recipe serves 16. If you have purchased biscotti, orange zest, milk ricotta, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Wrap the outside of a 9-inch springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides with 2 layers of heavy-duty foil. Finely grind the biscotti in a food processor.

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Biscotti

Wrap

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Food Processor

Springform Pan

Aluminum Foil

Add the melted butter and process until the crumbs are moistened. Press the crumb mixture over the bottom (not the sides) of the prepared pan.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Bake until the crust is golden, about 15 minutes. Cool the crust completely on a cooling rack.

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Crust

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Wire Rack

Oven

Blend the ricotta in a clean food processor until smooth.

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Ricotta Cheese

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Food Processor

Add the cream cheese and sugar and blend well, stopping the machine occasionally and scraping down the sides of the work bowl. Blend in the honey and orange zest.

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Cream Cheese

Orange Zest

Honey

Sugar

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Bowl

Add the eggs and pulse just until blended.

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Egg

Pour the cheese mixture over the crust in the pan.

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Cheese

Crust

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Frying Pan

Place the springform pan in a large roasting pan.

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Springform Pan

Roasting Pan

Pour enough hot water into the roasting pan to come halfway up the sides of the springform pan.

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Water

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Springform Pan

Roasting Pan

Bake until the cheesecake is golden and the center of the cake moves slightly when the pan is gently shaken, about 1 hour and 5 minutes (the cake will become firm when it is cold).

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Oven

Frying Pan

Transfer the cake to a rack and cool 1 hour. Refrigerate until the cheesecake is cold, at least 8 hours and up to 2 days.

Cut the cake into wedges and serve.