Italian Cheesecake Recipe

Cheesecake, Italian Style

Yield: 12 Servings

Ingredients

COOKIEDOUGH CRUST
1 c all - purpose flour
1/4 c sugar
1/2 c butter
1 egg yolk
1 ts vanilla

FILLING
1 cn (20 ounces) crushed pineapple; well drained (op)
4 egg whites; room temperature
1/2 c sugar
16 oz ricotta cheese; drained, necessary
8 oz cream cheese; softened
1/4 c all - purpose flour
1 ts vanilla
1/2 ts salt
2 eggs; room temperature

Instructions

Prepare crust, bake and cool; spread pineapple on crust; beat egg whites until soft peaks form, gradually beat in sugar until whites are stiff and shiny, set aside. Beat together cheeses, flour, vanilla and salt until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Fold in egg whites carefully but thoroughly. Pour into crust and bake in preheated 300 oven 70 min. or until cake tester comes out clean. Cool on cake rack, then refrigerate. Run spatula around edge of cake to loosen, then remove from pan.

COOKIE DOUGH CRUST Combine flour and sugar. Cut in butter til fine. Beat yolk with vanilla, then work into flour with fork til well blended. Shape in ball, put on sm. piece of wax paper and flatten to pancake shape. Chill 10 min. Put in bottom of 9" cheesecake pan and press with fingers to cover bottom and 1" up sides. Bake in preheated 400 oven 12-14 min. or until lightly browned.

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