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Title: Ricotta Cheesecake With Marinated Fruit
Yield: 1

Ingredients

  ---------------------------CHEESECAKE---------------------------------
      1 lb cream cheese
      2 c  ricotta cheese
      1 c  sugar
      4    eggs
      1    lemon; zest of
      1 ts pure vanilla extract
 
  ------------------------MARINATED FRUIT-------------------------------
      1 pt strawberries; hulled and cut
           - in
      1    ; half
    1/2 c  blackberries
      1    cantaloupe; peeled, seeded,
           -and
      1    ; diced
    1/2 c  sweet white wine
    1/4 c  sugar
      1    orange; zest of
      1 ds pure vanilla extract
      1 pn nutmeg
 
  --------------------------ACCOMPANIMENT-------------------------------
      1    softly whipped cream

Instructions

For the cheesecake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10-inch
springform
pan and line with foil. Process cream cheese in a food processor until
smooth.
Add ricotta cheese and process just to combine. Add sugar and process to
combine. With the motor running, add eggs, one at a time. Add lemon zest
and
vanilla and mix well.

Pour into prepared pan. Place in oven and bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or
until
a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cheesecake cool in the
refrigerator for at least 2 hours before serving.

For the marinated fruit, place fruit in a large bowl and set aside. In a
small
saucepan, combine wine, sugar, orange zest, vanilla, and nutmeg and place
over
high heat. Bring mixture to a boil and cook, stirring only once, for about
5
minutes to thicken the syrup. Remove from the heat and allow to cool 5
minutes.

Pour syrup over fruit and allow to marinate for 30 minutes in the
refrigerator. Serve with the cheesecake and softly whipped cream.

Serves twelve.

Converted by MC_Buster.

Per serving: 4063 Calories (kcal); 243g Total Fat; (52% calories from fat);
121g Protein; 377g Carbohydrate; 1495mg Cholesterol; 2034mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 16 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 6 Fruit; 38 1/2
Fat; 17 Other Carbohydrates

Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.

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