Lighter White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Food

NO BAKE WHITE CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• In a small pot, add the raspberries and sugar. Bring to a simmer over medium heat and cook for 2-3 minutes. Mash with a spatula.
• Combine water and corn starch and stir into sauce to thicken. Set aside to cool completely (you can speed this up by pouring into a new bowl and placing in the fridge).
• OPTIONAL: Clamp a piece of parchment paper in between the bottom and the outer ring of a 9" Springform pan. This helps with easy removal.
• In a medium bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs and melted butter. Press into the bottom and 1" up the sides of a 9-10" springform pan. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, stir together white chocolate and 1/4 cup cream. Microwave on high for 40 seconds, then stir until completely smooth (heat another 15 seconds if necessary). Place in the fridge to cool to room temperature.
• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with an electric mixer until smooth. Add sugar, vanilla, and remaining 1/4 cup cream and beat on high until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes.
• Add cooled melted white chocolate and beat on medium speed until incorporated.
• Place fresh raspberries into the bottom of the crust and pour the cheesecake filling over top, smoothing with a spatula.
• Drop teaspoonfuls of raspberry sauce on the top, and gently swirl. Save remaining sauce for serving.
• Chill at least 8 hours or overnight before serving. Serve with remaining raspberry sauce and fresh raspberries as desired.

WHITE CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Make crust: Finely grind almonds and crumbs in a food processor and add butter, blending until combined. Press over bottom and 2/3 up side of a 10-inch springform pan.
• Make filling: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Melt chocolate in a double boiler or a large metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water, stirring until smooth, and remove from heat.
• Beat cream cheese with an electric mixer at medium speed until fluffy, then beat in sugar. Add whole eggs and yolks, 1 at a time, beating well at low speed and scraping down bowl after each addition.
• Beat in flour and vanilla until just combined, then add melted chocolate in a slow stream, beating until filling is well combined.
• Arrange berries in 1 layer over crust and pour filling into crust. Bake in middle of oven until cake is set 3 inches from edge but center is still wobbly when pan is gently shaken, 45 to 55 minutes.
• Run a thin knife around edge of cake to loosen, then cool completely in pan on a rack. (Cake will continue to set as it cools.) Serve at room temperature or chilled.

LIGHTER WHITE CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Bring all ingredients to room temperature. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Coat a 9-inch spring form pan with cooking spray.
• In a food processor, make crumbs out of wafer cookies. Add sugar and pulse to combine. Stream in melted butter and pulse until crumbs are moist. Pour crumb mixture into the bottom of the spring form pan and press firmly into an even layer going all the way to the edges. Bake 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• To make the filling, add the ricotta cheese to the food processor and blend until very smooth. Add ricotta and cream cheese to a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and beat until fluffy. And sugar and beat for five minutes. Add eggs and egg whites one at a time, beating to combine after each addition, then add vanilla.
• Add flour and salt and mix on low speed until combined. Stir in lemon zest, if using. With the mixer on low speed, drizzle in melted white chocolate to combine.
• Pour half of the filling over the cooled crust. Scatter fresh, halved raspberries evenly over the surface, and then top with remaining filling.
• Bake for at least 1 hour, until top looks set and cheesecake barely jiggles when shaken. Turn off the oven, crack the door and let cool gradually to prevent cracking.
• Decorate with fresh whipped cream and raspberry sauce.

WHITE CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix together cookie crumbs, 3 tablespoons sugar, and melted butter. Press mixture into the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan.
• In a saucepan, combine raspberries, 2 tablespoons sugar, cornstarch, and water. Bring to boil, and continue boiling 5 minutes, or until sauce is thick. Strain sauce through a mesh strainer to remove seeds.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). In a metal bowl over a pan of simmering water, melt white chocolate chips with half-and-half, stirring occasionally until smooth.
• In a large bowl, mix together cream cheese and 1/2 cup sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time. Blend in vanilla and melted white chocolate. Pour half of batter over crust. Spoon 3 tablespoons raspberry sauce over batter. Pour remaining cheesecake batter into pan, and again spoon 3 tablespoons raspberry sauce over the top. Swirl batter with the tip of a knife to create a marbled effect.
• Bake for 55 to 60 minutes, or until filling is set. Cool, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 8 hours before removing from pan. Serve with remaining raspberry sauce.

WHITE CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• In a medium bowl, mix cookie crumbs, 3 tablespoons sugar and melted butter until well blended.
• Press mixture onto the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.
• (I lightly greased the bottom of the pan although it didn't call for it).
• To make raspberry sauce~in a medium saucepan, combine raspberries, 2 tablespoons sugar, cornstarch and water.
• Bring to boil.
• Continue boiling until sauce is thick and clear.
• Strain sauce through a mesh strainer to remove seeds.
• Set aside.
• In the top of a double boiler, heat white chocolate chips and half and half, stirring occasionally, until chocolate is melted and smooth.
• Remove from heat and alow to cool to lukewarm.
• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup sugar until smooth.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Blend in vanilla and melted white chocolate chips.
• Pour half of batter over crust.
• Spoon 3 tablespoons of raspberry sauce over batter.
• Pour remaining batter into pan.
• Spoon another 3 tablespoons of raspberry sauce over the top of the batter.
• Swirl batter with the tip of a knife to create marbles effect being careful NOT to disturb bottom crust.
• Bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until filling is set.
• Allow to cool, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 8 hours before removing from pan.
• Serve with remaining raspberry sauce.

WHITE CHOCOLATE AND RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• For crust------------.
• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Place large piece of foil on heavy large baking sheet.
• Set 8x2-inch bottomless heart-shaped cake pan atop foil.
• Wrap foil around outside and 1 inch up sides of pan.
• Butter foil and pan.
• Finely grind cookies and almonds in processor.
• Add butter and blend until mixture forms very moist crumbs.
• Using plastic wrap as aid, press crumbs firmly onto bottom and 2 inches up sides of pan.
• Bake until golden, about 10 minutes.
• Cool.
• Maintain oven temperature.
• For Filling--------------.
• Melt white chocolate in top of double boiler over simmering water until smooth, stirring often.
• Remove from over water.
• Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and peel in large bowl until smooth.
• Add eggs 1 at a time, beating just until combined.
• Beat in white chocolate.
• Spoon half of batter into crust.
• Top with 3/4 cup berries.
• Spoon remaining batter over.
• Bake until edges of cake are set but center 3 inches still moves when cake is shaken, about 45 minutes.
• Let cool for 20 minutes.
• Using fingertips, press down gently on edges of cheesecake to flatten slightly.
• For topping------------------.
• Whisk sour cream, sugar and vanilla in bowl.
• Spoon over cake, spreading to edge of pan.
• Bake 5 minutes.
• Transfer cake in pan to rack.
• Run small knife around sides of cake.
• Cool completely and chill cake overnight.
• Fold down foil along sides of pan.
• Lift cake pan off cheesecake.
• Transfer cheesecake to platter, discarding foil.
• Cover cake with berries.
• Bring jam to simmer in small saucepan, stirring often.
• Gently brush jam over berries.

THE BEST WHITE CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Make crust: Finely grind almonds and crumbs in food processor and add butter, blending until combined. Press over bottom and 2/3 up the side of your 10 inch spring form pan.
• Filling: Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Melt chocolate in double boiler or a large metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water, stirring until smooth and remove from heat.
• Beat cream cheese with an electric mixer at medium speed until fluffy, then beat in sugar. Add whole eggs and yolks 1 at a time, beating well at LOW speed and scraping bowl after each addition.
• Beat in flour and vanilla until just combined, then add melted chocolate in a slow stream, beating until filling is well combined.
• Arrange berries in a single layer over crust and pour filling into crust. Bake in the middle of oven until cake is set 3 inches from the edge but center is still wobbly when pan is gently shaken, 45-55 minutes (although my oven runs more like 65-70 minutes).
• Run a thin knife around the edge of cake to loosen (do this to avoid cracking), then cool completely in pan on rack. Cake will continue to set as it cools.
• I generally like to refridgerate this over night and garnish the following day.

WHITE CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Make crust: Finely grind almonds and crumbs in a food processor.
• Add butter, blending until combined.
• Press over bottom and 2/3 up side of a 10-inch springform pan.
• Make filling: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Melt chocolate in a double boiler or a large metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water, stirring until smooth, and remove from heat.
• Beat cream cheese with an electric mixer at medium speed until fluffy.
• Beat in sugar.
• Add whole eggs and yolks, 1 at a time.
• Beat well at low speed and scrape down bowl after each addition.
• Beat in flour and vanilla until just combined.
• Add melted chocolate in a slow stream, beating until filling is well combined.
• Arrange berries in 1 layer over crust and pour filling into crust.
• Bake in middle of oven until cake is set 3 inches from edge but center is still wobbly when pan is gently shaken, 45 to 55 minutes.
• (You can also test the doneness of a cheesecake with a thermometer. The internal temperature should be 160 to 165 degrees F.).
• Run a thin knife around edge of cake to loosen, then cool completely in pan on a rack.
• (Cake will continue to set as it cools.) Serve at room temperature or chilled.
• Cheesecake can be made 3 days ahead and chilled, covered.