Key Lime Cheesecake with Mango Ribbons

Key Lime Cheesecake with Mango Ribbons
For $1.16 per serving, this recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 370 calories, 6g of protein, and 30g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 10. A mixture of cream cheese, salt, vanilla, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 8 hours.

Instructions

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Preheat oven to 350°F and butter bottom and side of springform pan.
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Stir together crumbs, sugar, and butter in a bowl with a fork until combined well, then press evenly onto bottom and one-third up side of pan.
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Bake crust in middle of oven 8 minutes and cool in pan on a rack.
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Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.
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Beat cream cheese with an electric mixer at medium speed until fluffy, then beat in sugar.
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Add lime juice, sour cream, and vanilla and beat until smooth.
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Mix in flour and salt at low speed, scraping down side as needed, until just incorporated, then add eggs all at once and mix just until incorporated.
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Pour filling into crust and set springform pan in a shallow baking pan.
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Bake cake in middle of oven until set in center, 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes. Cool completely in springform pan on rack. (Cake will continue to set as it cools.)
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Run a thin knife around edge of cake and remove side of pan. If desired, transfer cake with a large metal spatula to a serving plate.
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Peel mangoes and, leaving fruit whole, slice very thinly lengthwise (slightly less than 1/8 inch thick) with mandoline (use caution — peeled mango is slippery). Halve wide slices lengthwise. Gently toss mango slices with lime juice.
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Beat cream with sugar in a bowl with electric mixer until it just holds stiff peaks, then spread over top of cheesecake. Bending and curling mango slices, arrange them decoratively over cream.
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* Available via Manhattan Key Lime Juice (212-696-5378).
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Cheesecake (without topping) can be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. If desired, bring to room temperature.
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Add topping just before serving.
DifficultyExpert
Ready In8 hrs
Servings10
Health Score2
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