Amaretto Cheesecake With Apricot Glaze

Recipe Ingredients

		Crust
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Graham wafer crumbs
1/2 cup	46g / 1.6oz	Almonds - chopped toasted unblanched
2 tablespoons	30ml	Sugar
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Butter - melted
		Filling
4 packets		Cream cheese - softened
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Sugar
3 tablespoons	45ml	Flour
4		Eggs
1 cup	237ml	Sour cream
1/4 cup	59ml	Amaretto di saronno liqueur
		Glaze
1/2 cup	118ml	Apricot jam
1 tablespoon	15ml	Amaretto di saronno liqueur

Recipe Instructions

CRUST: Combine ingredients; press onto bottom of a 9-inch spring form pan. Set aside.

FILLING: Combine cream cheese, sugar, and flour, mixing until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing just until combined. Blend in sour cream and liqueur; pour over crust. Bake in 450F oven 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 250F; continue baking for 1 hour. Run knife around rim of pan ; cool on wire rack. Chill.

GLAZE: To glaze cake, combine jam and liqueur in a saucepan; heat until warm and smooth. Strain mixture and pour over cheesecake before removing sides of pan. Garnish if desired.

Source:
Carolyn Uccellini

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