Roasted Sweet-Potato Cheesecake with Maple Cream

Name: Roasted Sweet-Potato Cheesecake with Maple Cream
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters firmly packed light brown sugar; 1 Tbsp melted butter; 4 larges eggs; 177 milliliters granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 2 teaspoons lemon juice; 680 grams packages each) cream cheese, regular or light (neufchâtel), at room temperature; 59 milliliters maple syrup; 59 milliliters sour cream; 2 dark orange-fleshed sweet potatoes (1 1/4 to 1 1/2 lb. total), such as jewel or red garnet (sometimes sold as yams); 59 milliliters whipping cream

One serving contains 219 calories, 5g of protein, and 10g of fat. This gluten free and vegetarian recipe serves 16. Head to the store and pick up whipping cream, ground ginger, orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 (convection not recommended). Peel sweet potatoes and cut in half lengthwise.

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Sweet Potato

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Oven

Place in a 9- by 13-inch baking pan and brush with melted butter.

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Butter

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Baking Pan

Bake until potatoes are soft when pressed, 45 to 55 minutes.

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Potato

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Oven

Meanwhile, prepare crust.

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Crust

Bake in same oven with potatoes until lightly browned all over, 10 to 12 minutes.

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Potato

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Oven

Scrape any charred spots off potatoes, then cut potatoes into chunks. Whirl in a food processor or mash in a bowl with lemon juice until smooth. Reserve 1 cup; save any extra for another use.

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Lemon Juice

Potato

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Reduce oven temperature to 32

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In a bowl, with a mixer on high speed, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in granulated and brown sugars, scraping down sides of bowl occasionally, until mixture is well blended and smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until blended.

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Cream Cheese

Egg

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Blender

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Add reserved sweet potato mixture, the whipping cream, sour cream, maple syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.

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Whipping Cream

Sweet Potato

Maple Syrup

Sour Cream

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Mix on low speed until well blended.

Wrap bottom of cheesecake pan with heavy-duty foil, pressing it up the sides.

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Wrap

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Pour batter over crust. Put cheesecake pan in a 12- by 15-inch roasting pan at least 2 inches deep. Set pans in oven and pour enough boiling water into roasting pan to come halfway up sides of cheesecake pan.

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Crust

Water

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Bake until cake barely jiggles in the center when gently shaken, about 55 minutes.

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Oven

Remove pans from oven. Lift cheesecake pan from roasting pan and let cool completely on a rack, about 1 hour, then chill until cold, at least 1 1/2 hours, or up to 3 days (cover once cold).

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Up to 6 hours before serving, cut around inside of pan rim to release cake; remove rim. With a pastry bag, pipe dollops of maple cream onto cake. Or serve maple cream separately, to spoon onto each wedge.

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Cream

Maple Syrup

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Pastry Bag

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Pecan Crust: Whirl 1/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans in a blender until finely ground; you should have 1/4 cup. In a bowl, mix pecans, 1 1/4 cups fine graham cracker crumbs, 2 tablespoons sugar, and 5 tablespoons melted butter.

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Pecans

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Sugar

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Pour into a 9-inch cheesecake pan with removable rim (2 1/4 in. tall). Press mixture evenly over bottom of pan.

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Frying Pan

Maple Cream: In a bowl, with a mixer on high speed, beat 3/4 cup whipping cream until stiff peaks form. On low speed, beat in 1/4 cup maple syrup just until blended.

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Cream

Maple Syrup

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