Passover Cheesecake
Total Time: 1 hr
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup crushed matzos
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3 teaspoons ground almonds (almond meal)
- 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice (not bottled)
- 1/2 teaspoon grated fresh lemon zest
Recipe
- 1 stir together first 4 ingredients.
- 2 press mixture into bottom and 1" up sides of a lightly greased 9" springform pan.
- 3 beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.
- 4 gradually add 1 cup sugar, beating until blended.
- 5 add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
- 6 beat in lemon rind and juice.
- 7 pour mixture into prepared crust.
- 8 bake at 375º for 45 minutes or until set.
- 9 remove cheesecake from the oven; cool on wire rack.
- 10 cover and chill 8 hours.
- 11 gently run a knife around cheesecake, and release sides of pan.
- 12 leave as is, or top with berries or sauce of your choice.
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