Amaretto Cheesecake With Apricot Glaze


Course : Italian
Serves: 10
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Ingredients:


---CRUST---

1 cup graham wafer crumbs

1/2 cup almonds -- chopped toasted unblanched

2 tablespoons sugar

1/4 cup butter -- melted

---FILLING---

4 packages cream cheese -- softened

1 cup sugar

3 tablespoons flour

4 large eggs

1 cup sour cream

1/4 cup amaretto di saronno liqueur

---GLAZE---

1/2 cup apricot jam

1 tablespoon amaretto di saronno liqueur
 

Preparation / Directions:


CRUST: Combine ingredients; press onto bottom of a 9-inch spring form pan. Set aside. FILLING: Combine cream cheese, sugar, and flour, mixing until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing just until combined. Blend in sour cream and liqueur; pour over crust. Bake in 450F oven 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 250F; continue baking for 1 hour. Run knife around rim of pan ; cool on wire rack. Chill. GLAZE: To glaze cake, combine jam and liqueur in a saucepan; heat until warm and smooth. Strain mixture and pour over cheesecake before removing sides of pan. Garnish if desired.


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