Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 1 16-ounce container of part-skim ricotta cheese
- 1/2 cup of reduced-fat sour cream
- 4 ounces of neufchatel cheese, or reduced fat cream cheese, softened
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 cup of sugar
- 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon of finely grated lemon zest
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt
- 2 cups fresh or frozen pitted sweet cherries
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon unflavored gelatin
- 1 tablespoon warm water
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Coat a 9-inch spring form pan with cooking spray. Place ricotta in a food processor and process until smooth and creamy. Add sour cream, cream cheese, eggs, sugar, flour, vanilla, lemon zest and salt. Process until well blended. Pour into the prepared pan and bake until the center is just set, 50 to 55 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool, then cover and chill in the refrigerator for 3 hours.
Put the cherries, honey and lemon juice in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove the pan from the heat. In a small bowl stir the gelatin in the warm water until dissolved then stir the dissolved gelatin into the cherry mixture. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for 3 hours, stirring once or twice, until the mixture is thickened but not yet formed to the pan.
After the 3 hours chilling, top the cheesecake with the cherry mixture and then serve, or keep in the refrigerator, covered, for up to three days.
Per Serving:
Calories 290; Total Fat 12g; (Sat Fat 7 g, Mono Fat 3.5 g, Poly Fat .6 g) ; Protein 12 g; Carb 34 g; Fiber 1 g; Cholesterol 115 mg; Sodium 230 mg
Excellent source of: Calcium, Protein, Selenium
Good source of: Phosphorus, Riboflavin, Vitamin A
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By glorious2011
chatsworth, CA
on April 11, 2013
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This was excellent, I used the frozen mixed berries on the top with a little cornstarch to thicken. I used 1/2 stevia with the sugar. My hubby loved it.
By pastry maniac
on March 24, 2013
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I made the recipe with regular ricotta, cream cheese, organic eggs, greek yogurt, vanilla bean paste and organic orange zest instead.
It is fantastic. If you don't like the texture, oh well, chances are you don't like ricotta for it's grainy consistency.
Like someone else said, processing the ricotta longer will help.
All and all, I've made this recipe many times.
I use seasonal toppings: cranberries in winter, rhubard in spring, or strawberries, raspberries..and it is far,far,far.. from being not edible or bland. Very, very good. Indeed.
By therealsylkwyrm...
Beaverton, OR
on February 08, 2013
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This isn't cheesecake. It makes for a fluffy sweet desert that I thought was pretty tasty... but it's not passable as cheesecake.
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