Crab Cheesecake

* Exported from MasterCook II *

Crab Cheesecake

Recipe By : The Travelin' Gourmet
Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Appetizers Cheese
Seafood

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 cup crackers -- ritz, crushed
3 tablespoons butter -- melted
2 packages cream cheese -- (8 ounce size)
softened
3 eggs
1/4 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon lemon juice -- fresh
2 teaspoons onion -- grated
1/4 teaspoon Old Bay or chowder seasoning
2 drops tabasco sauce
1/8 teaspoon ground pepper -- fresh
1 cup lump crabmeat -- canned
1/2 cup sour cream

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix together the crackers and
butter and
use the mixture to line a 9 inch springform pan. Bake for about 10
minutes. Set aside to cool. Reduce the oven to 325 degrees.
With an electric mixer, beat together until fluffy the cream cheese,
eggs,
and 1/4 cup sour cream. Add the lemon juice, onion, Old Bay
seasoning,
Tabasco, and black pepper. Stir in the crabmeat and mix well. Pour
into
the cooled crust and bake 50 minutes until the cake sets. Remove
from the
oven. Run a knife around the edge of the cake, loosening it from the
pan.
Cool on a wire rack. Remove the sides of the pan. Spread the cake
with
the sour cream.


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