MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: New York Cheesecake Categories: Desserts, Cheesecake, Cheese, Dairy Yield: 10 Servings 1 lb Ricotta cheese; - room temperature 16 oz Cream cheese; - room temperature 1 1/2 c Sugar 4 lg Eggs 1/2 ts Lemon juice 1/2 ts Vanilla extract 3 tb Corn starch 3 tb Flour 1/4 c Butter; melted 1 pt Sour cream In a mixing bowl using an electric mixer, blend the ricotta and cream cheese well. Blend in the sugar. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Add the vanilla extract, lemon juice, corn starch, flour, and butter. Fold in the sour cream and blend well. Into a buttered, 10" spring-form pan, pour the cheese mixture. Place in COLD oven and turn heat to 325°F/160°C. Bake for 1 hour. Do not open door. Turn off the oven and leave the cheesecake in oven for at least 2 hours. Pour cherry pie filling or whatever over top. Recipe by Mary Ellen Cronin on AT&T's Interchange Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM