Italian Cream Cheese Cake with Raspberry Sauce

Name: Italian Cream Cheese Cake with Raspberry Sauce
Prep time: 5 h 40 min
Cook time: 5 h 40 min
Total time: 5 h 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp brandy; 237 milliliters biscotti bread crumbs, crushed; 1 stick butter, melted; 227 grams package cream cheese, room temperature; 5 eggs; 237 milliliters graham cracker crumbs; 340 grams fresh raspberries; 473 milliliters ricotta cheese; 1 teaspoons salt; 177 milliliters sugar; 1 Tbsp sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

The recipe Italian Cream Cheese Cake with Raspberry Sauce could satisfy your Mediterranean craving in approximately 5 hours and 40 minutes. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 549 calories, 15g of protein, and 34g of fat. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have ricotta cheese, eggs, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Wrap a 9-inch springform pan with aluminum foil. In a medium bowl, mix both cookie crumbs and the melted butter together. Press crumb mixture in bottom of pan and refrigerate until firm.

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Cookie Crumbs

Butter

Wrap

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Springform Pan

Aluminum Foil

Bowl

In a large bowl, beat ricotta and cream cheese together with an electric hand mixer until smooth.

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Cream Cheese

Ricotta Cheese

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add the eggs, sugar, salt, and vanilla extract, mix well.

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Vanilla Extract

Sugar

Egg

Salt

Allow to sit for a few minutes so the bubbles can surface.

Mix again until smooth.

Pour the filling into the springform pan. Tap pan on the counter to remove any air bubbles in cake mixture.

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Springform Pan

Place pan into a large roasting pan and fill with 1-inch of water.

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Water

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Roasting Pan

Place in the oven and bake until filling is set and the top is golden brown, about 1 hour 20 minutes.

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Oven

Remove and let cool. Refrigerate a few hours or overnight before serving.

In a food processor, combine berries, sugar and brandy.

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Berries

Brandy

Sugar

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Food Processor

Place into a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate.

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

When ready to serve, remove the side of the springform pan and place cake on a serving plate. Spoon the raspberry sauce on the top of the cheesecake and serve.

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Raspberry Sauce