White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake
- 1 14 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1 cup almonds, toasted if desired
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 4 ounces white chocolate, chopped
- 2 (8 ounce) pkges. cream cheese, room temperature
- 23 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 34 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 2 eggs
- 34 cup frozen thawed drained unsweetened raspberry
- 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 12 teaspoon vanilla
- For crust.
- Finely grind almonds in food processor and mix with graham cracker crumbs.
- Add sugar and mix.
- Add butter and blend until mixture forms moist crumbs.
- Press crumbs firmly onto bottom and part of sides of 9 inch springform pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes until golden.Cool.
- Maintain oven temperature.
- For Filling.
- Melt white chocolate.
- Beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and lemon peel until smooth.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until combined.
- Beat in white chocolate.
- Spoon half of batter into crust.
- Top with 3/4 cup of raspberries.
- Spoon remaining batter over.
- Bake about 45 minutes.
- Cool 20 minutes.
- Maintain oven temperature.
- For Topping.
- Whisk sour cream, sugar and vanilla in bowl.
- Spoon over cake, spreading to edge of pan.
- Bake 5 minutes.
- Cool, chill.
graham cracker crumbs, almonds, sugar, unsalted butter, white chocolate, pkges, sugar, vanilla, lemon peel, eggs, unsweetened raspberry, sour cream, sugar, vanilla
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/white-chocolate-raspberry-cheesecake-145359 (may not work)