Mango Cheesecake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
    1/4 cup chopped cashews
    1/4 cup sugar
    3 tablespoons butter
    2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
    1 cup sugar
    1 1/2 cups sour cream
    3 eggs
    1 1/2 cups mango puree (made from ripe mangoes or use thawed frozen mangoes)
    1/2 teaspoon vanilla
    1 teaspoon lemon juice
    1 1/2 cups sour cream
    1/2 cup sugar
    2 tablespoons apricot jam
    2 tablespoons corn syrup
    1 teaspoon lime juice
    1 teaspoon cider vinegar
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 300\u00b0F.
    Butter a 10-inch springform pan and set aside.
    Combine first 3 ingredients (graham cracker crumbs- sugar) in a small bowl.
    Stir in melted butter.
    Press mixture into prepared pan.
    Combine cream cheese and sugar in a food processor or blender; process until combined.
    Add sour cream, eggs, mango puree, vanilla and lemon juice; process using on/off turns until combined.
    Pour mixture into prepared crust.
    Bake for 1 hour or until set.
    Let cheesecake cool for 1 hour.
    While cheesecake is cooling prepare topping by combining sour cream and sugar in a food processor until combined.
    Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
    After cheesecake is at room temperature (1 hour cooling at room temperature), top cheesecake with topping.
    Bake 4 minutes.
    Remove from oven.
    Chill for at least 4 hours.
    Prepare garnish (optional but highly recommended- if desired substitute passion fruit glaze for the following apricot glaze) Process glaze ingredients (apricot jam- vinegar) in a food processor.
    Spread glaze over chilled cheesecake before serving.

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