Elegant Ambrosia Cheesecake
From dariana 16 years agoIngredients
- 1 1/2 cups almond shortbread cookie crumbs (about 12 cookies) shopping list
- 3 tablespoons sugar shopping list
- 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted shopping list
- 4 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened shopping list
- 3 large eggs shopping list
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
- 1 (14-ounce) package sweetened flaked coconut shopping list
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract shopping list
- 2 cups Fresh orange Curd (see recipe below) shopping list
- 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut, lightly toasted (optional) shopping list
How to make it
- Stir together first 3 ingredients; press mixture into bottom of a 10-inch springform pan.
- Bake at 350° for 8 minutes. Cool.
- Beat cream cheese, eggs, and 1 cup sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Stir in 14-ounce package coconut and vanilla. Pour into prepared crust.
- Bake at 350° for 1 hour. Cool completely on a wire rack.
- Cover and chill 8 hours. Release sides of springform pan, and place cheesecake on serving platter or cake stand. Spread Fresh Orange Curd evenly over top of cheesecake. Sprinkle 1 cup toasted coconut around outer edge of top, if desired
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- Fresh Orange Curd Recipe
- Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 2 cups fresh orange juice (about 4 pounds navel oranges)
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
- Preparation
- Combine sugar and cornstarch in a 3-quart saucepan; gradually whisk in fresh orange juice. Whisk in lightly beaten eggs. Bring to a boil (5 to 6 minutes) over medium heat, whisking constantly.
- Cook, whisking constantly, 1 to 2 minutes or until mixture reaches a pudding-like thickness. Remove from heat, and whisk in butter and grated orange rind. Cover, placing plastic wrap directly on curd, and chill 8 hours.
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