Creme Brulee Cheesecake Recipes

Steps:

• Combine graham cracker crumbs, butter, and sugar in a bowl. Press over the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.
• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Blend cream cheese, mascarpone, and sugar in a bowl until well combined and smooth. Add egg yolks, ricotta, sour cream, vanilla extract, lemon juice, cinnamon, and nutmeg; mix well until smooth.
• Beat egg whites in a glass, metal, or ceramic bowl until stiff peaks form. Whisk some into the yolk mixture to lighten it. Fold in remaining egg whites with a spatula. Pour over the crust in the pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is set, about 1 hour. Turn off oven and keep cheesecake inside with the door closed, about 1 hour. Open oven door and keep cheesecake inside for 30 minutes more.
• Cool cheesecake to room temperature and chill until firm, 4 hours to overnight.
• Sprinkle raw sugar over the cold cheesecake before serving. Use a creme brulee torch to melt and brown sugar. Allow topping to set and cool slightly, about 5 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Mix cream cheese, granulated sugar, and vanilla at medium speed with an electric mixer until well blended. Add the eggs and egg yolk, and mix until thoroughly blended.
• Pour the batter into the graham cracker crust.
• Bake the pie in a 350° oven for 40 minutes or until the center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight.
• Just before serving, heat broiler. Mix together the brown sugar and water. Spread the sugar mixture over the top of the cheesecake. Place the cheesecake on a cookie sheet, and broil 4 to 6 inches from the heat for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until the top is bubbly.

Steps:

• In a bowl beat together the cream cheese, ½ cup of sugar and sour cream on medium speed until smooth.
• Add the eggs, heavy cream and orange peel; beat until smooth.
• In another bowl, mix until well blended the vanilla wafer crumbs, butter and brown sugar.
• With fingers pat the wafer mixture into a springform pan; top the wafer mixture with the cheese mixture.
• Place pan into a larger pan and add boiling water to cover halfway up sides of springform pan.
• Bake at 325°F about 40 minutes until set.
• Remove the springform pan from water very carefully and let cool 30 minutes at room temperature.
• Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
• At serving time, slowly unmold the cake from the pan, sprinkle with the ¾ cup sugar and broil under broiler until sugar melts and browns (be careful not to burn the sugar).
• Place cheesecake on a serving platter and surround with fresh strawberries, raspberries and blueberries.