White chocolate amaretto cheesecake
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| <--Cheesecake--> | ||
| 1 | 1/2 c. sugar (up to 1) | |
| 1½ | pounds | (3 pkgs) softened cream cheese |
| 3 | Eggs | |
| 8 | 9 oz. good quality white chocolate | |
| 3 | tablespoons | Heavy cream |
| 1 | cup | Sour cream |
| ¼ | cup | Amaretto |
| <--Topping--> | ||
| 1 | cup | Sour cream |
| 1 | cup | Confectioner's sugar |
Directions
Use butter cookie or brown sugar cookie dough to make a crust. Or make a cookie crumb crust.
Cheesecake: Beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar.
Beat in eggs one at a time. Melt white chocolate with heavy cream (in double boiler or in microwave, but if using microwave, stop and stir every 20 seconds). Beat white chocolate, Amaretto, and sour cream into batter. Beat a while longer. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven 55-60 minutes. If top starts to become too brown, cover w/ foil part-way through baking. Or refrigerate cake and just slice top off cheesecake when cool.
Topping: Whisk together. Add a touch of Amaretto or vanilla. Spoon over top of cake, letting some drip over the sides.
Serve w/ fresh fruit, if desired.
Notes: (1) You'll probably want less than 1½ cups of sugar since the white chocolate & the Amaretto are both sweet. Add 1 cup, taste batter, then add more if needed. (2) Suggested chocolates: Tobler Narcisse, Lindt, Valhrona white chocolate couverture, Callebaut, etc.) From : Ari Rapkin
Busted and entered for you by: Bill Webster