Ricotta Cheesecake with Warmed Cherries

Name: Ricotta Cheesecake with Warmed Cherries
Prep time: 3 h 5 min
Cook time: 3 h 5 min
Total time: 3 h 5 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 8 servings Butter or oil for pan; 340 grams frozen dark sweet cherries; 2 larges egg yolks; 2 larges eggs; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice; 3 Tbsps finely grated lemon zest (about1 1/2 lemons); 59 milliliters milk; 2 Tbsps golden rum; 1 pinch Pinch fine salt; 454 grams whole milk ricotta; 118 milliliters sour cream; 79 milliliters sugar; 177 milliliters sugar

This vegetarian recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains roughly 8g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 292 calories. Head to the store and pick up salt, sugar, lemon juice, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 3 hours and 5 minutes.

Instructions

Cheesecake: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly butter or oil a 4-cup glass loaf pan. Line the bottom and ends of the pan with a long piece of parchment paper.

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Butter

Cooking Oil

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Baking Paper

Loaf Pan

Oven

Blend the ricotta, milk, sour cream, eggs, yolks, sugar, flour, salt and lemon zest in the blender or food processor, until smooth, about 1 minute.

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Lemon Zest

Sour Cream

Ricotta Cheese

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg Yolk

Egg

Milk

Salt

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Food Processor

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Pour into the prepared loaf pan.

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Loaf Pan

Bake until just set and barely golden, about 40 minutes. Turn the oven off and let cool in the oven for 10 minutes, then cool completely on a wire rack. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Cherries: Toss the cherries, sugar and salt in a bowl and set aside for 30 minutes. Cook cherry mixture over medium-high heat until they soften and the juice gets syrupy, about 10 minutes.

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Cherries

Juice

Sugar

Salt

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Bowl

Remove from heat and stir in the rum and lemon juice.

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Lemon Juice

Rum

Lift cheesecake out of the pan by the paper and transfer to a cutting board. Slice into serving pieces and place on a platter. Spoon the warm or room temperature cherries on top.

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Cherries

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