Key Lime Cheesecake with Strawberry-Butter Sauce
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 3 packages cream cheese softened, 8 ounces each
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 6 large eggs separated
- 8 ounces sour cream
- 1 1/2 teaspoons lime zest grated
- 1/2 cup key lime juice
- 1 1/4 cups strawberries fresh, hulled
- 1/4 cup butter melted
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar sifted
- 1 1/2 teaspoons lime zest grated
- Combine first 3 ingredients, and firmly press mixture onto bottom and 1 inch up sides of a buttered 9 inchspringform pan.
- Bake at 350F (180C) F degrees for 8 minutes; cool.
- Beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy; gradually add 1 1/4 cups sugar, beating well.
- Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
- Stir in sour cream, rind, and juice.
- Beat egg whites at high speed until stiff peaks form; fold into cream cheese mixture.
- Pour batter into crust.
- Bake at 350F (180C) F degrees for 1 hour and 5 minutes; turn oven off.
- Partially open oven door; let cheesecake cool in oven 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven, and immediately run a knife around sides of cheesecake to loosen.
- Cool completely in pan on a wire rack; cover and refrigerate 8 hours.
- Serve with Strawberry-Butter Sauce.
- Strawberry-Butter Sauce: Position knife blade in food processor bowl; add strawberries.
- Process until smooth, stopping once to scrape down sides.
graham cracker crumbs, sugar, butter, cream cheese, sugar, eggs, sour cream, lime zest, lime juice, strawberries fresh, butter, powdered sugar, lime zest
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/key-lime-cheesecake-strawberry--44724 (may not work)