Ingredients
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18 vanilla wafer cookies
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1 cup almonds, toasted
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4 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
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4 ounces imported white chocolate, chopped
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2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
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2/3 cup sugar
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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2 large eggs
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3/4 cup fresh raspberries or 3/4 cup frozen unsweetened raspberries, thawed,drained
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1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
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3 tablespoons sugar
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3/4 teaspoon grated lemon, rind of
Instructions
- For crust------------.
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
- Place large piece of foil on heavy large baking sheet.
- Set 8x2-inch bottomless heart-shaped cake pan atop foil.
- Wrap foil around outside and 1 inch up sides of pan.
- Butter foil and pan.
- Finely grind cookies and almonds in processor.
- Add butter and blend until mixture forms very moist crumbs.
- Using plastic wrap as aid, press crumbs firmly onto bottom and 2 inches up sides of pan.
- Bake until golden, about 10 minutes.
- Cool.
- Maintain oven temperature.
- For Filling--------------.
- Melt white chocolate in top of double boiler over simmering water until smooth, stirring often.
- Remove from over water.
- Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and peel in large bowl until smooth.
- Add eggs 1 at a time, beating just until combined.
- Beat in white chocolate.
- Spoon half of batter into crust.
- Top with 3/4 cup berries.
- Spoon remaining batter over.
- Bake until edges of cake are set but center 3 inches still moves when cake is shaken, about 45 minutes.
- Let cool for 20 minutes.
- Using fingertips, press down gently on edges of cheesecake to flatten slightly.
- For topping------------------.
- Whisk sour cream, sugar and vanilla in bowl.
- Spoon over cake, spreading to edge of pan.
- Bake 5 minutes.
- Transfer cake in pan to rack.
- Run small knife around sides of cake.
- Cool completely and chill cake overnight.
- Fold down foil along sides of pan.
- Lift cake pan off cheesecake.
- Transfer cheesecake to platter, discarding foil.
- Cover cake with berries.
- Bring jam to simmer in small saucepan, stirring often.
- Gently brush jam over berries.