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Guilt-Free Lemon Cheesecake
Guilt-Free Lemon Cheesecake
- Recipe Submitted by maryjosh on 11/23/2016
Ingredients List
- Crust
- 12 oz almonds ground up in food processor
- 4 Tb melted butter
- Mix almonds with melted butter and press into a springform pan.
- Filling
- Blend in mixer:
- Three 8oz blocks of full fat cream cheese
- One pint sour cream
- Juice from 2 lemons
- Zest from one lemon
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup Truvia
- 1 Tb vanilla
- Lemon Curd
- 5 egg yolks
- 4 lemons juiced and zested
- 1/2 cup Truvia
- 1 stick full fat butter cut into pieces
Directions
Filling
Mix together until smooth and pour into pan over almond crust. Bake at 350 for one hour. Chill in fridge for several hours before you top with the lemon curd.
Lemon Curd
Whisk together in a bowl over a pot of simmering water (or in a double boiler) until the mixture thickens– about 8 minutes. Whisk constantly during those 8 minutes! Turn heat down and add pieces of butter one at a time and stir until the whole stick has been melted and whisked in. Lay a piece of saran wrap ON the curd and chill for 2 hours.
Top chilled cheesecake with lemon curd just before serving.
Mix together until smooth and pour into pan over almond crust. Bake at 350 for one hour. Chill in fridge for several hours before you top with the lemon curd.
Lemon Curd
Whisk together in a bowl over a pot of simmering water (or in a double boiler) until the mixture thickens– about 8 minutes. Whisk constantly during those 8 minutes! Turn heat down and add pieces of butter one at a time and stir until the whole stick has been melted and whisked in. Lay a piece of saran wrap ON the curd and chill for 2 hours.
Top chilled cheesecake with lemon curd just before serving.
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