Cookbook:White Chocolate Cheesecake

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White Chocolate Cheesecake
Category	Cheesecake recipes
Time	Slightly less than an hour
Difficulty

White chocolate cheesecake is a baked cheesecake variant.

Ingredients

Crust

• 1¼ cups of shortbread crumbs
• ¼ cup of ground almonds
• 2 tablespoons of sugar
• ⅛ teaspoon of almond extract
• 3 tablespoons of melted butter

Filling

• 175 grams of chopped white chocolate
• 1.5 kilograms of soft cream cheese
• 250 grams of soft light cream cheese
• 5 large eggs, at room temperature
• ¾ cup of sugar
• 3 tablespoons of flour
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
• ¼ teaspoon of almond extract

Procedure

1. Mix ingredients for the crust (shortbread crumbs, ground almonds, sugar, almond extract, and melted butter) and press into the bottom of a springform pan.
2. Bake at 200°C degrees for 5–6 minutes.
3. Remove from oven and cool.
4. When cool, grease the sides of the pan lightly.
5. Melt and cool the chocolate.
6. Mix together cream cheeses, then add eggs, one at a time.
7. Mix in sugar, flour, vanilla, and almond extract.
8. Stir 1 cup of mixture into the chocolate, then mix all.
9. Pour into the pan and bake at 160°C for 40 minutes.