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INGREDIENTS
Servings: 12
Graham cracker crumbs
1 cup
Sugar
2 tbsps
Unsalted butter
¼ cup, melted + extra for the pan
Cream cheese
4x8 oz packages, room temperature
Sugar
1 ¼ cup + 2 tbsps
Cornstarch
3 tbsps
Pure vanilla extract
2 tsp
Lemon zest
2 tsp, finely grated
Large eggs
3 + 1 egg yolk
Regular fat sour cream
1 ½ cups
Lemon juice
2 tsp
DIRECTIONS
- Pre-heat oven to 350°F/180°C/Gas Mark 4.
- Stir cracker crumbs with sugar and butter until well combined. Press the mixture into the ungreased 9-inch springform baking pan.
- Bake for about 10 minutes. Let cool.
- Smear the sides of the pan with butter.
- Increase over temperature to 400°F/200°C/Gas Mark 6.
- Beat cream cheese until soft and fluffy. Add 1 ¼ cups of sugar by small portions; remember to scrape the bottom and the sides of the mixing bowl often.
- Add cornstarch, vanilla extract and lemon zest; beat well.
- Lower the mixing speed and beat in the eggs, one by one. Scrape the sides and the bottom of the bowl; add yolk and beat well again.
- Beat in ¾ cup sour cream.
- Pour the cheesecake over the cooled crust; spread evenly.
- Bake for about 10 minutes; lower the temperature to 225°F/110°C/Gas Mark ¼ and bake for 25 minutes more.
- Turn off the heat; keep the cheesecake inside for 30 minutes, then crack the oven door open and keep it there for another half an hour.
- While the cheesecake is cooling down, stir the remaining sour cream with lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of sugar. Take the cheesecake out of the oven; spread the sour cream mixture on top.
- Let the cheesecake cool completely at room temperature; take it out of the pan (use a spatula to loosen the edges) and chill for 6 hours to 4 days. Serve cold.
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