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             Key Lime Cheesecake With Strawberry-Butter Sauce

Recipe By     : Southern Living Magazine
Serving Size  : 10   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Pies, Cakes & Desserts

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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                        Cheesecake:
   2      cups          Graham cracker crumbs
     1/4  cup           Sugar
     1/2  cup           Butter -- melted
  24      oz            Cream cheese (3 pkg) -- softened
   1 1/4  cups          Sugar
   6      large         Eggs -- separated
   8      oz            Sour cream
   1 1/2  teaspoons     Lime zest -- grated
     1/2  cup           Key lime juice
                        Strawberry-Butter Sauce:
   1 1/4  cups          Fresh strawberries -- hulled
     1/4  cup           Butter -- melted
     1/2  cup           Powdered sugar -- sifted
   1 1/2  teaspoons     Lime zest -- grated

Combine first 3 ingredients, and firmly press mixture onto bottom and
1" up sides of a buttered 9" springform pan.

Bake at 350°F for 8 minutes; cool.

Beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until
fluffy; gradually add 1-1/4 cups sugar, beating well. Add egg yolks,
1 at a time, beating after each addition. Stir in sour cream, rind,
and juice.

Beat egg whites at high speed until stiff peaks form; fold into cream
cheese mixture. Pour batter into crust.

Bake at 350°F for 1 hour and 5 minutes; turn oven off. Partially open
oven door; let cheesecake cool in oven 15 minutes. Remove from oven,
and immediately run a knife around sides of cheesecake to loosen.
Cool completely in pan on a wire rack; cover and refrigerate 8 hours.
Serve with Strawberry-Butter Sauce.

Strawberry-Butter Sauce:

Position knife blade in food processor bowl; add strawberries.
Process until smooth, stopping once to scrape down sides. Stir in
remaining ingredients.

Yield: 1 Cup


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