Serves 1
Directions
- 1Preheat oven to 325°F.
- 2Pour melted butter and brown sugar into a bowl with graham cracker crumbs.
- 3Mix the crumbs and melted butter well.
- 4Butter a 9” springform pan with 1 tablespoon of melted butter.
- 5Press the crumb mixture into the pan.
- 6Bake the crust for 12 minutes.
- 7Separate egg whites from yolks.
- 8Split vanilla beans and scrape out the seeds.
- 9Add cream cheese to a mixing bowl.
- 10Beat the cream cheese until smooth.
- 11Add salt and sugar to the cream cheese mixture and beat until fluffy.
- 12Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula.
- 13Add sour cream, vanilla bean seeds, and lemon juice to the mixture.
- 14Beat until mixed.
- 15Add egg yolks to the mixture.
- 16Beat well, then add half of the whole eggs and beat.
- 17Repeat with the remaining whole eggs until fully incorporated.
- 18Butter the springform pan lightly again.
- 19Pour the cheesecake mixture over the baked crust in the pan.
- 20Smooth the top with a spatula.
- 21Raise oven temp to 500°F and bake for 10 minutes, then drop heat to 200°F and bake for 90 more minutes until internal temp reaches 150°F.
- 22Wash strawberries.
- 23Remove the tops of the strawberries.
- 24Chop the strawberries into smaller pieces.
- 25Place chopped strawberries in a pan.
- 26Add sugar and a squeeze of lemon juice to the strawberries.
- 27Stir the mixture in the pan.
- 28Cook the strawberries over heat until they break down and form a sauce.
- 29Strain the strawberry sauce.
- 30Separate some of the strawberry pieces to save for ice cream.
- 31Let the cheesecake cool before removing it from the pan.
Ingredients
- 4 oz crumbled graham crackers
- 1 Tbsp melted butter
- 5 Tbsp melted butter
- 3 Tbsp dark brown sugar
- 1140 g room temp cream cheese
- 0.125 tsp salt
- 300 g sugar
- 70 g sour cream
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 3 vanilla beans
- 2 yolks
- 6 whole eggs
- 1 cup Strawberries
- 0.5 cup sugar
- 1 squeeze lemon juice
Equipment
9" springform panmixing bowlhand mixerspatulaknifestrainersaucepan
Tips
- Let cool before removing from pan
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