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Baked Pumpkin Cheesecake—Prototype 7:
3-Cheese Blend (1CT-1NC-4YG):
Prepare ahead of time 32 ounces of yogurt cheese, derived from two 32-ounce
containers (that's 64 ounces altogether) of nonfat yogurt. If the resulting
yogurt cheese falls below 32 ounces, add back enough of the whey (that was
strained out from the yogurt) to make up the difference. To this yogurt cheese
combine 8 ounces of whipped, lowfat cottage cheese and 8 ounces of softened
Neufchatel cheese ("light cream cheese").
Crust:
2 oz. melted, white chocolate
4 oz. pumpkin butter (such as from Trader Joe's)
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
8 oz. (1 cup) 3-cheese blend (see above)
2 oz. All-Bran, ground up
Place the resulting mixture in a greased 9 1/2" (or 9") pan and
pre-bake without tub at 300 degrees for 5-10 minutes, depending on the mixture's
thickness (closer to 10 minutes if thin enough to be fully distributed across
the pan's bottom by gentle shaking, closer to 5 minutes if thick enough to
require spreading out this mixture by pressing on it with a utensil and/or
fingers), then cool enough to comfortably touch at least the pan's upper
sidewall.
Batter:
1 cup granulated sugar
14 oz. pumpkin butter
40 oz. (5 cups) 3-cheese blend (see above)
1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon (5 tablespoons altogether) arrowroot
2 teaspoons vanilla
5 eggs
Wrap the pan in foil at this point (no earlier, for the sake of minimal foil
disturbance), then pour the batter on top of the crust. Bake in hot water tub at
300 degrees for 105 to 115 minutes (if using a 9 1/2" pan—also see
comments below). Then cool down while still in oven (with this oven shut off)
and in tub with door slightly ajar for an hour. Afterwards, remove from oven
and tub and continue to cool down at room temperature for another 105 to 115
minutes (see comments below), then remove from pan and refrigerate.
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