Individual Cheesecakes with Mixed-Berry Sauce
- 2 cups ground vanilla wafer cookies or shortbread cookies (about 10 ounces)
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted
- 3 8-ounce packages cream cheese, room temperature
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 1/2-pint baskets raspberries
- 2 1/2-pint baskets blueberries
- 6 tablespoons black raspberry liqueur (such as Chambord)
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- Butter six 1 1/4 cup custard cups.
- Toss ground cookies with melted butter in medium bowl to blend.
- Press 3 tablespoons cookie mixture evenly onto bottom of each prepared cup; reserve remaining cookie mixture.
- Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla in large bowl until fluffy, occasionally scraping down sides of bowl, about 1 minute.
- Add eggs and yolks 1 at a time, blending well after each addition.
- Divide batter equally among custard cups.
- Sprinkle reserved cookie mixture evenly atop batter.
- Place cups in large roasting pan.
- Add enough hot water to pan to reach halfway up sides of cups.
- Bake until cheesecakes are set in center, about 45 minutes.
- Remove cheesecakes from water bath.
- Cool completely.
- Wrap in plastic and refrigerate until cold, about 2 hours.
- (Can be made 1 day ahead.
- Keep refrigerated.)
- Melt butter in heavy medium skillet over high heat.
- Mix in sugar.
- Add berries and stir until sugar dissolves and berries are heated through, about 3 minutes.
- Remove skillet from heat; stir in liqueur.
- Cut around cheesecakes to loosen.
- Turn cheesecakes out onto plates.
- Pour warm berry sauce around cheesecakes.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/individual-cheesecakes-with-mixed-berry-sauce-108468 (may not work)