Uncle Bills Blueberry Cream Cheesecake Recipes

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, lemon and vanilla extracts. Mix well.
• In a medium bowl, whip cream until stiff peaks form.
• Fold 3/4 of the whipped cream into cream cheese mixture.
• Spread into crust.
• Dot with blueberry pie filling, and smooth with spatula to cover.
• Chill in refrigerator at least 2 hours.
• Garnish with remaining cream.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, finely chopped almonds, 1/4 cup sugar and baking powder.
• Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
• In a separate bowl, beat together egg, vanilla and almond extract.
• Drizzle egg mixture over crumbly flour mixture and mix until egg mixture is just incorporated and the mixture is still crumbly.
• Press mixture evenly over the bottom of an 11" x 1 1/2" spring form pan.
• Bake in preheated 350 F oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until surface is no longer shiny.
• Remove from oven and let cool.
• Spoon 3 cups of blueberries evenly over baked base.
• Sprinkle remainder of 1/4 cup of sugar over the blueberries.
• FILLING: In a mixing bowl using an electric mixer, combine cream cheese, sour cream, 3/4 cup of sugar, eggs and lemon juice and mix until smooth.
• Pour cream cheese mixture over blueberries.
• Bake in preheated 350 F oven for 1 to 1 1/4 hours or until center of cake is barely firm to the touch.
• Remove cake form oven and immediately run a knife around inside of rim to loosen cake.
• Let cool.
• Cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours.
• SAUCE: Puree' 1 cup of blueberries in a blender.
• In a small saucepan, combine blueberry puree' and sugar and cook over medium-high heat just long enough to dissolve sugar, about 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add lemon juice, mix well and let cool.
• TO SERVE: Remove sides from spring form pan.
• Cut cheesecake into wedge slices.
• Pour some blueberry sauce on each serving plate.
• Place a piece of cheesecake in pool of sauce, then spoon more sauce over cheesecake.
• If using frozen blueberries, make sure they are thawed, drained and patted dry with paper toweling.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to fan160C/ conventional 180C/gas 4 and butter and line the base of a loose-based 22cm round cake tin with non-stick baking paper or reusable Bake-o-glide.
• Put the butter, sugar, eggs,flour, baking powder and vanilla in a bowl. Beat with a wooden spoon for 2-3 minutes, or with a hand electric beater for 1-2 minutes, until lighter in colour and well mixed. Beat in 4 tbsp soured cream, then stir in half the blueberries with a large spoon.
• Tip the mixture into the tin and spread it level. Bake for 50 minutes until it is risen, feels firm to the touch and springs back when lightly pressed. Cool for 10 minutes, then take out of the tin and peel off the paper or lining. Leave to finish cooling on a wire rack.
• To make the frosting, beat the soft cheese with the icing sugar and the remaining soured cream in a bowl until smooth and creamy. Spread over the top of the cooled cake (don't be impatient as the frosting will melt if the cake is too warm) and scatter with the remaining blueberries. The cake will keep in the fridge for a couple of days. Bring it to room temperature for about an hour before serving.