 Deluxe Cheesecake
Deluxe Cheesecake
¾ cup butter or margarine, softened
all-purpose flour
sugar
3 egg yolks
grated peel of 2 lemons
5 8-ounce packages cream cheese
5 eggs
¼ cup heavy or whipping cream
1 Tbsp grated orange peel
¼ tsp salt
1 cup sour cream for garnish
In small bowl with mixer at low speed, beat butter, 1 ¼ cups flour, ¼ cup sugar, 1 egg yolk and half of lemon peel until dough is well mixed. Refrigerate, covered, for one hour. Preheat oven to 400-degree. Press 1/3 of dough into bottom of 10-inch springform pan. Bake 8 minutes; allow to cool.
Turn oven to 475-degrees. In large bowl with mixer at medium speed, beat cream cheese just until smooth; slowly beat in 1 ¾ cups sugar until smooth. With mixer at low speed, beat in 3 tablespoons flour and remaining ingredients except sour cream. At high speed, beat 5 minutes.
Press rest of cough around side of spring form pan to within 1 inch of top; DO NOT BAKE DOUGH.
Pour cheese mixture into pan; bake 12 minutes. Turn oven to 300-degrees and back 35 minutes. Turn off oven; leave in oven 30 minutes. Remove, cool in pan on rack. Chill.
To serve: Remove side of pan. With large spatula, loosen cake from pan; slide onto serving plate. Spread top of cheesecake with sour cream to garnish.
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