Vanilla-Bean Cheesecake with Guava Topping and Mango-Lime Salad

Name: Vanilla-Bean Cheesecake with Guava Topping and Mango-Lime Salad
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 680 grams packages cream cheese, room temperature; 4 larges eggs; 1 envelope unflavored gelatin; 296 milliliters graham cracker crumbs; 473 milliliters guava nectar or guava juice; 10 servings Mango-Lime Salad; 177 milliliters sour cream; 118 milliliters sugar; 10 servings Toasted sweetened flaked coconut; 59 milliliters (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted; 2 vanilla beans, split lengthwise; 2 Tbsps water

One portion of this dish contains roughly 8g of protein, 34g of fat, and a total of 450 calories. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. If you have cream cheese, butter, graham cracker crumbs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 8-inch-diameter springform pan with nonstick spray.

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Oven

Mix graham cracker crumbs and sugar in processor.

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Graham Cracker Crumbs

Sugar

Add melted butter; process until crumbs are evenly moistened. Press crumb mixture onto bottom (not sides) of prepared pan.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Bake until crust is set and deep golden, about 12 minutes. Cool crust while making filling. Maintain oven temperature.

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Crust

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Oven

Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese in large bowl until smooth.

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Cream Cheese

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add sugar, then scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; beat until smooth.

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Vanilla Bean

Seeds

Sugar

Add eggs 1 at a time, blending well after each addition. Beat in sour cream.

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Sour Cream

Egg

Pour filling over crust.

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Crust

Bake cake until puffed, golden on top, and set around edges, and center moves slightly when pan is gently shaken, about 1 hour (top may crack). Cool 30 minutes. Refrigerate uncovered overnight. Using back of spoon, smooth any cracks on top of cake.

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Pour 2 tablespoons water into small bowl.

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Water

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Sprinkle gelatin over; let stand until gelatin softens, about 10 minutes. Bring sugar and remaining 1/2 cup water to boil in medium saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Boil until reduced to 1/2 cup, about 3 minutes.

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Gelatin

Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Add guava nectar to sugar syrup; stir over medium-low heat just until mixture is hot.

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Guava Nectar

Simple Syrup

Add gelatin mixture and stir just until gelatin dissolves.

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Gelatin

Place in freezer until gelatin begins to thicken slightly but is still pourable, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes. Spoon guava topping over cheesecake, spreading to edges of cake. Chill until topping sets, at least 8 hours or overnight.

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Gelatin

Guava