Mascarpone Cheesecake with Almond Crust
Tomorrow at sundown begins the festival of Shavuot when Jews celebrate the receiving of the Torah, God’s Holy Word. Psalms 119:103 says “How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” Because God’s word is sweeter than honey, Jews traditionally eat sweet cheesecake on Shavuot.Messianic Jews and Christians also celebrate Shavuot (usually called Pentecost) by remembering when God sent the Holy Spirit as promised by Yeshua!Here is the recipe for my FAVORITE cheesecake.
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 350° degrees F.
- Lightly toast the almonds. Place them in a shallow frying pan and cook, stirring and shifting often, until they start to toast. (This will smell really good – and when you start to smell it, they’re just about done.)
- If using a fresh lemon, squeeze the lemon.Seed the vanilla beans. Discard the shells. (I place them in a container with sugar — this makes wonderful vanilla sugar that you can use for all sorts of things from flavoring your morning coffee to boosting up your white cake recipe.)
- Wrap a 9-inch springform pan tightly with foil.
For the Crust
- Grind the cookies in the food processor. Measure out ⅔ cup. Grind the almonds in the food processor. Add the ⅔ cup cookie crumbs. Add the sugar. Add the butter. Pulse until mixed.
- Press the crust mixture into the bottom only of the pan. Bake until the crust is set – 12-15 minutes.
For the Cheesecake
- Reduce the oven to 325° degrees F.
- In a mixing bowl, beat the cheeses until fluffy. Add the sugar. Add the lemon juice and vanilla bean. Add the eggs one at a time. Mix well.
- Pour into the springform pan. Place pan in a large roasting pan. Set the pan in the oven. Pour hot water into the pan until it comes up halfway up the springform pan.
- Bake until the middle is just jiggly – about 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes.Remove from oven, remove from roasting pan, and chill in refrigerator until cold – about 8 hours.
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