Looking for a delicious dessert recipe? Then check out this citrusy cheesecake baked using Progresso® Plain Bread Crumbs – perfect if you love Italian cuisine.
Lemon Ricotta Cheesecake
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 6 hr 0 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 cup Progresso™ Plain Bread Crumbs
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 6 tablespoons butter, melted
Filling
- 2 (8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 2 to 3 tablespoons grated lemon peel (1 large)
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 (15-oz.) container whole-milk ricotta cheese
- 3 eggs
Garnish
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 16 candied lemon slices
Make With
Progresso Breadcrumbs
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. In food processor bowl with metal blade, combine bread crumbs, almonds and 1/3 cup sugar; pulse until almonds are finely ground. Add butter; pulse until well mixed. Press crumb mixture in bottom and 2 inches up sides of ungreased 9-inch springform pan.
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Step2Bake at 350°F. for 10 to 15 minutes or until crust is light golden brown around edges. Remove crust from oven; place on wire rack. Cool 10 minutes. Wrap outside of pan, bottom and sides, with heavy-duty foil.
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Step3Reduce oven temperature to 325°F. Beat cream cheese in large bowl on medium speed until fluffy. Add 1 1/4 cups sugar; beat until very soft and creamy. Add lemon peel and lemon juice; mix well. Beat in ricotta cheese. Add eggs one at a time, beating just until combined and scraping down sides of bowl after each addition. Pour into crust-lined pan.
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Step4Bake at 325°F. for 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes or until sides of cheesecake are set and puffed but center still moves slightly when pan is tapped. Cool cheesecake in pan on wire rack for 1 hour. Cover; refrigerate at least 3 hours or overnight before serving.
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Step5Just before serving, whip cream in medium bowl until soft peaks form. Spoon 16 mounds of whipped cream evenly around edge of cheesecake. Top each with candied lemon slice. To serve, remove sides of pan. Cut cheesecake into wedges.
Nutrition
360
Calories
23g
Total Fat
8g
Protein
31g
Total Carbohydrate
24g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 360
- Calories from Fat
- 205
- Total Fat
- 23g
- 35%
- Saturated Fat
- 13g
- 65%
- Cholesterol
- 105mg
- 35%
- Sodium
- 220mg
- 9%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 31g
- 10%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 24g
- Protein
- 8g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 16%
- 16%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 12%
- 12%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 5 Fat;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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