New York Cheesecake

Name: New York Cheesecake
Prep time: 13 h 50 min
Cook time: 13 h 50 min
Total time: 13 h 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 Tbsps melted butter; 454 grams fresh cherries, pitted; 0 teaspoons cinnamon; 1 cinnamon stick; 680 grams cream cheese; 340 grams creme fraiche; 5 eggs, separated; 473 milliliters graham cracker crumbs; 59 milliliters heavy cream; 1 Tbsp lemon zest (recommended: Meyer lemon); 237 milliliters sugar; 473 milliliters sugar; 2 Tbsps sugar; 5 Tbsps sugar; 2 sprigs thyme (tied with string); 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 vanilla bean, split; 473 milliliters water; 8 servings Serving suggestion: with a dessert wine (recommended: Alsatian Riesling)

This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 984 calories, 12g of protein, and 54g of fat per serving. Not Head to the store and pick up cream cheese, cherries, cinnamon stick, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 13 hours and 50 minutes.

Instructions

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Special equipment: a 9-inch non-stick Teflon coated spring form pan

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Frying Pan

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

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Oven

Mix the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, cinnamon, and butter together in a mixing bowl.

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Graham Cracker Crumbs

Cinnamon

Butter

Sugar

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Mixing Bowl

Pour the mixture into the springform pan and using a mixing cup press the crumbs into the base. Using your fingers gently press crumbs into the sides of the pan.

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Base

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Springform Pan

Bake for 6 minutes.

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Oven

Let cool.

In a food processor, cream the cream cheese and the sugar together.

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Cream Cheese

Cream

Sugar

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Food Processor

Add the zest and vanilla, Blend until smooth.

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Vanilla

Add 5 egg yolks and heavy cream, pulse until smooth.

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Heavy Cream

Egg Yolk

Pour into a large clean bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites until a soft froth forms.

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Egg Whites

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Whisk

Bowl

Add 2 tablespoons sugar slowly to the egg whites and continue to whisk until soft peaks form. Fold into cream cheese, a little bit at a time until fully integrated.

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Cream Cheese

Egg Whites

Sugar

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Whisk

Pour into the prepared springform pan.

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Springform Pan

Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until firm.

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Oven

Let cool for 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Mix the creme fraiche and sugar together and gently spread over the top of the cooled cheesecake.

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Creme Fraiche

Spread

Sugar

Bake for 5 minutes.

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Let cool until the topping is set or chill overnight and serve. Best served at room temperature.

Serve with Cherry Confit.

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Cherries

In a medium non-corrosive saucepan place water, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and thyme. Bring to the boil, turn down heat and simmer for 2 minutes.

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Cinnamon

Vanilla

Sugar

Thyme

Water

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Sauce Pan

Add cherries and simmer for 1 hour. If more liquid is needed add water. Continue to simmer until the cherry mixture is thick and the cherries are soft.

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Cherries

Water

Pour into a clean container and refrigerate until ready to use.