Travel Along With Me

Hello! I am excited because I learned a new recipe that turned out well. My husband is a huge cheesecake fanatic and I found this recipe in a magazine (one of Martina McBride’s favorites). It is Lemon-Ginger Cheesecake.

For Crust:
2 cups of finely ground gingersnap cookies (I mixed half graham crackers and half cookies)
2 tablespoons of sugar
1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger
1/2 stick of unsalted butter (melted)

For Filling:
4 8oz packages of cream cheese (room temperature)
1 1/4 cups of sugar
4 large eggs
1 cup of sour cream
1/2 cup of whipping cream
1/2 cup of finely chop crystallized ginger (I did not use this - I grated some ginger root-about 1/2tsp)
2 tablespoons of peeled fresh ginger
2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
4 teaspoons of fresh lemon peel
several lemon slices to garnish

For Crust:
Preheat oven to 325.
Generously butter a 10-inch springform pan with 2 3/4-inch high sides.
Double wrap the outside of the pan with aluminum foil.
Blend ground cookies, sugar and ginger in processor. Add melted butter and process until moist crumbs form.
Press mixture onto the bottom and 1/2 inch up side of pan.
Bake until crust sets, about 10 minutes.
Cool and maintain oven temperature.

For Filling:
Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in sugar, scraping bowl occasionally. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Beat in sour cream and whipping cream. Then put in crystallized ginger, fresh ginger, lemon juice and lemon peel. Poor filling into crust. Place springform pan in a roasting pan. Pour boiling water in roasting pan to come up 1 inch in pan. Bake cheesecake until filling is set and golden brown on top (cake may rise above edge of pan), about 1 hour and 25 minutes. Turn off oven and prop open oven door. Let cake set in oven for one hour. Cake will fall. Remove spring form pan from water and remove foil. Cool cheesecake completely on rack. Cover and regridgerate overnight. Release pan sides from cheesecake. Transfer cake to platter. Garnish with lemon slices and serve.

Enjoy!!