Polish Easter Cheesecake
- 3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup (packed) light brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons ( 1/2 stick) unsalted butter, chilled, cut into small pieces
- 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
- 1 pound cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 pound farmers or skim ricotta cheese
- 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 5 large eggs
- 2 lemons
- 1/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup light cream
- Preheat the oven to 325F.
- Lightly butter a 13 x 9 inch glass baking dish.
- Prepare the crust: Place the flour, baking powder, salt, both sugars, and the butter in a food processor and process just until the mixture begins to hold together.
- Add the walnuts and pulse to combine.
- Press the dough evenly over the bottom of the prepared dish.
- Bake until lightly browned, 12 to 15 minutes.
- Let cool.
- Prepare the filling: In a large mixing bowl beat together the cream cheese and farmers cheese until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the sugar, then add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Finely grate or chop the zest of the lemons.
- Squeeze the juice from the lemons and strain.
- Add the zest and juice to the cheese mixture.
- Add the flour, vanilla, and light cream and beat until smooth.
- Pour the filling over the baked crust.
- Bake the cheesecake until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes.
- Cool, then cover and refrigerate at least 12 hours.
- Cut into squares to serve.
flour, baking powder, salt, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, unsalted butter, walnuts, cream cheese, farmers, sugar, eggs, lemons, flour, vanilla, light cream
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/polish-easter-cheesecake (may not work)