Lemon Strawberry Cheesecake |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 180 Minutes |
Ready In: 195 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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The best strawberry cheesecake on earth. I eat a lot of cheesecake and this is good! Ingredients:
2 cups graham crackers |
6 tablespoons butter |
2 lbs cream cheese |
1 cup sugar |
3 eggs |
1 tablespoon lemon zest |
1 tablespoon vanilla |
1/4 cup currant jelly |
2 tablespoons water |
3 pints fresh strawberries |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
2. Ground graham crackers. Melt butter. Then mix butter and crackers together with a spoon.
3. Press into bottom and sides of a 10-inch springform pan. Bake 5 minutes and remove.
4. Put cream cheese into blender and blend with low speed until smooth. Keep blending at low speed and add one after another: eggs, sugar, lemon zest (grated) and vanilla. Blend until the whole mixture is fluffy.
5. Pour into crust in the springform pan and bake about 1 hour until center is set. Let cool down and put in refrigerator to chill for at least 4 hours.
6. Glaze
7. Combine 2 tablespoons sugar, currant jelly and water in a small pot. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 3 minutes. Let cool down.
8. Lemon Strawberry Cheesecake.
9. Remove sides of cake pan and place on serving plate. Arrange strawberries in an even layer, cut-side down, over top of cake. Dab the strawberries with glaze and store cake in the refrigerator.
10. After about 3 hours your cheesecake is ready for eating!
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