Grandmother's Cheesecake recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
¼ cup white sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
½ vanilla bean
½ cup unsalted butter
1 egg yolk
5 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 ¾ cups white sugar
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons grated lemon zest
1 ½ teaspoons grated orange zest
½ vanilla bean
5 eggs
2 egg yolks
¼ cup heavy cream

Nutrition Info

474.6 calories
carbohydrate: 35.3 g
cholesterol: 193.9 mg
fat: 34 g
fiber: 0.3 g
protein: 8.8 g
saturatedFat: 20.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 233 mg
sugar: 26.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, combine 1 cup flour, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon lemon peel, and 1 teaspoon orange peel. Split a 1-inch piece of vanilla bean, scrape seeds into flour mixture. Cut in butter until mixture resembles course crumbs. Add 1 egg yolk, stir until all flour is moistened. Gather dough into ball, wrap in wax paper, and refrigerate for 1 hour and 30 minutes.

  2. Lightly butter a 9 inch springform pan. Roll dough on lightly floured surface to 1/8 inch thick, trim to a 10 inch circle. Reserve pastry trimmings. Press pastry circle into bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of a 9 inch buttered springform pan. Refrigerate 1 hour.

  3. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Bake crust for 20 minutes, until lightly browned. Cool on wire rack.

  4. Beat cream cheese, 1 3/4 cups sugar, 3 tablespoons flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon peel and 1 1/2 teaspoons orange peel in large mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 10 minutes. Split a 1 inch piece of vanilla bean and scrape seeds into cream cheese mixture. Beat in 5 eggs and 2 egg yolks, 1 at a time, on medium speed. Stir in cream.

  5. Increase oven temperature to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C). Roll out reserved pastry trimmings on lightly floured board, cut into strips 2 inches wide. Pat strips up side of pan, pressing dough lightly to baked crust. Pour filling into crust. Bake 15 minutes.

  6. Reduce oven temperature to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C). DO NOT OPEN OVEN DOOR! Bake until cheesecake is firm in center, about 50 minutes. Turn off oven, leave cheesecake in oven with door slightly open for 1 hour. Remove from oven, and cool completely on wire rack. Refrigerate at least 2 hours.

Recipe Yield

1 - 9 inch springform pan

Recipe Note

A citrus cheesecake with a shortbread crust. It takes a long time of preparation but it is well worth the wait. If you can't find a vanilla bean, substitute 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract for each 1 inch piece of bean. You can top with any of your favorite fruits or toppings, or eat it plain. Summertime fresh fruits are nice, or chocolate lovers can spread on a layer of fudge topping.

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