Lemon Strawberry Cheesecake - cooking recipe

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
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 325\u00b0F.
    Ground graham crackers. Melt butter. Then mix butter and crackers together with a spoon.
    Press into bottom and sides of a 10-inch springform pan. Bake 5 minutes and remove.
    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.
    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.
    Glaze
    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.
    Lemon Strawberry Cheesecake.
    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.
    After about 3 hours your cheesecake is ready for eating!

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