White Chcocolate Cheesecake
- 1 12 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 14 cup ground pecans
- 14 cup plus 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 1 lb white chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 12 cup sour cream
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, undrained
- 14 cup Cointreau liqueur
- 12 cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- Combine graham cracker crumbs, pecans and butter, stirring until blended.
- Press mixture into bottom and 1 inch up sides of a 9-inch springform pan.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes; cool.
- Place white chocolate in top of double boiler; bring water to boil.
- Reduce heat to low; cook until chocolate melts.
- Let cool slightly.
- Combine cream cheese and sour cream in a large mixing bowl; beat at medium speed with electric mixer until fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition making sure to scrape the sides often.
- Add vanilla and cooled chocolate, stirring just until blended.
- Pour filling into prepared pan, bake at 300 degrees for 50 minutes or until cheesecake is almost set.
- Turn oven off, partially open oven door.
- Leave cake in oven additional 30 minutes.
- Removed cake from oven and cool on wire rack; chill.
- Drain mandarin oranges, reserving 1/2 cup liquid.
- Combine mandarin oranges and Cointreau; stir gently.
- Set aside for 30 minutes; stirring occasionally.
- Drain oranges, reserving Cointreau; set oranges aside.
- Combine reserved 1/2 cup orange liquid, reserved Cointreau, orange juice and cornstarch in saucepan; stir well.
- Cover and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes or until thickened, stirring constantly; cool slightly.
- Remove outer rim of springform pan, place cheesecake on serving plate.
- Arrange orange sections in center and around the outer edge of cheesecake.
- Spoon glaze over the oranges and cheesecake; chill.
graham cracker crumbs, ground pecans, butter, white chocolate, cream cheese, sour cream, eggs, vanilla, mandarin oranges, liqueur, orange juice, cornstarch, cornstarch
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/white-chcocolate-cheesecake-492263 (may not work)