Margarita Cheesecake Recipe
- Ingredients: 24
- Serves: 10
Margarita cheesecake with very thin lime slices, cut in half, very thin lime peel strips.
Ingredients
CRUST
- Nonstick vegetable oil spray
- 1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
FILLING
- 3 8-ounce
- 1 1/4 cups light sour cream
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tbsps. sugar
- 2 1/2 tbsps. triple sec or other orange liqueur
- 2 1/2 tbsps. tequila
- 2 1/2 tbsps. fresh lime juice
- 4 large eggs
TOPPING
- Very thin lime slices, cut in half
- Very thin lime peel strips
For orange curd:
- 5 large egg yolks
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
- 1/2 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/2 tsps. fresh lemon juice
For buttercream:
- *available at specialty cookware shops
For final assembly and decoration
- Assorted nonpoisonous flowers
Berry compote
- 8 1-pint containers fresh strawberries, hulled, halved
- 2 1/2-pint containers fresh blackberries
- 2 1/2-pint containers fresh raspberries
- 2 1/2-pint containers fresh blueberries
- 1 cup sugar
Directions
FOR CRUST:
- Step 1 Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Spray 9-inch springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides with vegetable oil spray.
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- Step 2 Mix graham cracker crumbs and butter in medium bowl until blended. Press crumbs over bottom and 1 inch up sides of prepared pan.
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FOR FILLING:
- Step 3 Using electric mixer, beat cheese in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in sour cream, then sugar, triple sec, tequila and lime juice.
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- Step 4 Pour filling into crust. Bake until outside 2 inches are set and center moves only slightly when pan is shaken, about 50 minutes.
FOR TOPPING:
- Step 5 Whisk sour cream, lime juice and sugar in small bowl to blend. Spread evenly over cheesecake. Return cheesecake to hot oven.
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- Step 6 Let stand 45 minutes or less (Cheesecake will look very soft, but will set up when chilled.) Refrigerate cake until well chilled, up to 1 day.
- Step 7 Run knife around pan sides. Remove pan sides. Place cake on platter. Arrange lime half-slices and peel around top edge of cheesecake.
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