Recipe of the Week | Blueberry Cheesecake
Ashley - Dec 21, '22 - Recipe of the Week - Recipes
Blueberry Cheesecake from Esperanza
"I experimented with an online cheesecake recipe by adding blueberries and came up with this beautiful and delicious variation of traditional cheesecake. It is a family favourite!" - Esperanza
Ingredients
The Cheesecake:
2lbs cream cheese
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup honey
1/2 cup cream or milk
lemon zest from 3 lemons
The Blueberry Sauce:
4 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
1/2 cup water
honey to taste
1/4 cup arrowroot powder or cornstarch
Directions
- Bring cream cheese to room temperature and beat it until fluffy.
- Add eggs vanilla, honey and cream.
- Beat until smooth.
- Pour into a 9 inch spring form pan. (You do not need to grease the pan.)
- Combine 1/4 cup water with arrowroot powder.
- In a small sauce pan bring blueberries and remaining water to a boil.
- Add the arrowroot powder mixture and whisk until thick.
- Add honey to taste.
- Drizzle blueberry sauce into the cheesecake batter.
- Use a skewer to make swirls in the batter.
- Bake at 350 degrees F. for approximately 60 minutes or until set.
- Let cool completely before serving. Enjoy!!!
Yields
8 servings
