201's Raspberry Cheesecake
List of Ingredients
Serves: 6
24 oz Cream Cheese
3/4 C Sugar
1/2 T Corn Starch
3 Eggs
2 Egg Yolks
1/4 C Chambord or Cassis
1 t Lemon Peel, grated
1/2 C Raspberries
5 oz Semisweet Chocolate
3 oz Butter
2 Egg Yolks
3 Egg Whites
1 C Heavy Cream
3 T Sugar
1 t Vanilla Extract
1 1/4 C Graham Cracker Crumbs
1/3 C Butter, melted
Recipe
Method For Cheesecake:
� In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar and corn starch.
� Mix to remove any lumps.
� Add sour cream, cream cheese, lemon peel and cassis.
� Whip the mixture with electric beater until smooth and creamy.
� By hand whip in one egg at a time until all are incorporated.
� Do not over mix.
� Stir in raspberries.
� Pour mixture into spring form pan with crust on bottom.
� Wrap pan with wet towel and place on cookie sheet.
� Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
� Chill cake completely in pan.
Method For Crust:
� Combine 1/3 cup melted butter with graham cracker crumbs and mash evenly into bottom of pan.
Method For Chocolate Mousse:
� In a double boiler melt chocolate.
� Add butter and stir until melted and combined with chocolate.
� Remove from heat and stir in egg yolks.
� Whisk egg whites with sugar until soft peaks form. Set aside.
� Whip cream with vanilla just until firm.
� Gently fold results of steps 1, 2 & 3 together and pour cooled cakes.
� Chill until set firm. Remove from pan, slice and serve.
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