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Recipe: Citrus Tofu Cheesecake




Ingredients:
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
1 pound 8 ounces silken tofu
1 pound Neufchatel (1/3 fat cream cheese)
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon grated lime rind
1/4 teaspoon grated orange rind
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3 eggs
3 egg whites
Lime, orange and lemon rind curls for garnish

How to make this recipe:
Combine graham cracker crumbs and butter. Press mixture into bottom of an ungreased 9-inch springform pan. Bake eight minutes at 375 degrees Fahrenheit or until golden brown. Cool.

In a large bowl, beat tofu at medium speed until smooth. Add cream cheese, sugar, flour, lemon, orange and lime rinds and vanilla; mix well. Beat in eggs and whites, one at a time until well combined. Pour mixture over crust.

Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit 50 to 60 minutes or until filling is set and edges of are slightly browned. Cool on wire rack to room temperature and then refrigerate at least four hours or overnight.

Remove from pan and garnish with citrus rind curls.

Makes 12 servings.

Note: To make rind curls, using a sharp vegetable peeler peel a thin horizontal "equator" around citrus fruit.

Recipe from: Kimberly Hohman





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