Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake Recipe
1 1/2 c Chocolate wafer crumbs
1/3 c Heavy cream
1 c Blanched almonds, lightly toasted and chopped
1/2 c Amaretto
2 ts Vanilla
1/3 c Sugar
4 Eggs
6 tb Butter, softened
2 c Sour cream
24 oz Cream cheese, softened
1 tb Sugar
1 c Sugar
1 c Blanched almonds, lightly
Preheat oven to 375. Combine crumbs, almonds, sugar and butter. Pat mixtur on bottom and sides of a 10 inch springform pan. cream together the cream cheese, sugar, heavy cream, liqueur, and 1 t vanilla. Beat in eggs, 1 at a beating well after each addition. Beat mixture until light. Pour into crumb lined pan. Bake in middle of oven for 1 1/2 hours or until top of cake cra and knife inserted in middle comes out clean. Let stand on rack 5 minutes. Combine sour cream, 1 t vanilla, and sugar. Mix well and spread evenly ove cake. Bake for 5 more minutes. Place on rack and let cool completely. cove lightly with wax paper and let chill overnight. When ready to serve, remov sides from pan and garnish with toasted almonds around outer edge and on to of cake.
Diabetic Cheesecake
6 Plain graham wafers - 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches each
1 1/2 tb Margarine, melted
1 tb Granulated gelatin
1/2 c Cold water
1/3 c Boiling water
1/2 ts Grated lemon rind
1/2 c Fresh lemon juice
Sugar substitute equivalent to 1/4 cup sugar
2 tb Water
2 c (16 oz) cream-style cottage cheese 4% fat
1/2 ts Lemon extract
4 lg Strawberries
Prepare an 8" x 8" x 2" cake pan with vegetable pan-coating; set aside. Make fine crumbs, with graham crackers (1/2 cup) and mix thoroughly with melted margarine; set aside. Soak gelatin in cold water. Combine boiling water and lemon rind; add to gelatin; add lemon juice and sweetener, stirring until completely dissolved. Chill until it is the consistency of unbeaten egg whites. Put 2 tablespoons water, cottage cheese, and lemon extract into a blender or food processor and cover; turn to high speed for 10-15 seconds. Add partially set gelatin mixture; turnto high speed 15
seconds or until well blended. Pour into prepared pan. Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs evenly over top. Wash, hull, and dry strawberries. Slice in halves lengthwise. Arrange on top of cake so that, when cut into eight servings (4 by 2 inches), each will have a strawberry garnish in center. Chill several hours, until set.
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