Lindy's Cheesecake

* Exported from MasterCook *

LINDY'S CHEESECAKE

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Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Main Dish Cheesecakes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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-Crust:
2 Inches vanilla bean
1 c Flour
1/4 c Sugar
1 t Lemon zest
1 lg Egg yolk
1/2 c Unsalted butter, cut into
-bits
1/4 ts Salt
-Filling:
2 1/2 lb Cream cheese, softened
1 3/4 c Sugar
3 tb Flour
1 1/2 ts Orange zest
1 1/2 ts Lemon zest
1/2 ts Vanilla
5 lg Eggs
2 lg Egg yolks
1/4 c Heavy cream

Split the vanilla bean lengthwise, scrape the seeds
into a bowl and stir in flour, sugar, and zest. Add
the egg yolk, butter, and salt. Knead the mixture
until it just forms a dough. Flatten dough into a
round and chill it, wrapped in wax paper, for 1 hour.
Remove sides of a 9-inch springform pan, oil bottom of
pan lightly, and press some of the dough, 1/8-inch
thick, on bottom of pan. Bake in the middle of a
preheated 400f oven for 10-12 minutes or until it is
golden, and chill it. Butter the sides of the pan,
attach it to the bottom, and press the remaining
dough, 1/8-inch thick, to the side, sealing it to the
bottom crust. In a bowl with an electric mixer, beat
the cream cheese with the sugar, flour, zests, and
vanilla until mixture is smooth. Beat in the eggs and
egg yolks, one at a time, beating lightly after each
addition. Stir in cream. Pour the filling into the
prepared crust and bake in the middle of a preheated
550f oven for 12 minutes. Reduce heat to 200f and bake
for 60 minutes more. Let cool in pan on a rack. Chill
it overnight and them remove sides of pan.



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