Subject: RECIPE: Pumpkin cheesecake
From: oday@hplabsc (Vicki O'Day)
Date: 16 Jan 86 08:38:54 GMT
Newsgroups: mod.recipes

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.RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE PUMPKIN-CAKE D "13 Dec 85" 1986
.RZ "PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE" "A cheesecake rich with pumpkin flavor"
.IH "1 10-inch cake" "1 25-cm cake"
.IG "1\(12 cups" "graham cracker crumbs"  "150 g"
.IG "\(12 cup" "walnuts," "40 g"
finely chopped
.IG "3 Tbsp" "sugar" "50 ml"
.IG "\(14 tsp" "pumpkin pie spice mixture" "1 ml"
.IG "1\(12 tsp" "pumpkin pie spice mixture" "7.5 ml"
.IG "6 Tbsp" "butter" "100 g"
(melted)
.IG "1 lb" "creamed cottage cheese" "500 g"
(small curd)
.IG "4" "large eggs"
.IG "1\(12 lb"  "cream cheese," "700 g"
softened by warming
.IG "1 cup" "sugar" "250 ml"
.IG "2 Tbsp" "flour" "30 ml"
.IG "1 tsp" "orange rind" "5 ml"
(grated)
.IG "\(14 tsp" "salt" "1 ml"
.IG "16 oz" "cooked pumpkin" "500 g"
(\fInot\fR pumpkin pie filling)
.IG "16 oz" "sour cream" "500 ml"
.IG "\(14 cup" "orange marmalade" "50 ml"
(or more to taste, up to 
.AB "1 cup" "250 ml" ")"
.IG "some" "orange slices"
for garnish (optional)
.PH
.SK 1
Preheat oven to
.TE 300 150 .
.SK 2
Mix graham cracker crumbs, walnuts, sugar,
.AB "\(14 tsp" "1 ml"
of the pumpkin pie spice, and the butter.
.SK 3
Press evenly into
the bottom of a
.AB "10-inch" "25-cm"
springform pan.  Bake 10 minutes, then cool.
(Leave the oven on).
.SK 4
Mix cottage cheese and eggs in a blender until smooth.  Beat the cream
cheese, sugar, flour, orange rind,
.AB "1\(12 tsp" "7.5 ml"
pumpkin pie spice, salt
and cottage cheese mixture in a large mixing bowl until smooth.  Fold in
the pumpkin.
.SK 5
Pour over the graham cracker crust.  Bake at
.TE 300 150
for 1\(12 hours.  Turn the oven off, and leave the cheesecake in the
oven with the door ajar for 1 hour.
.SK 6
Remove cake from oven.  Heat the oven to 
.TE 350 175 .
.SK 7
Mix the sour cream and the marmalade.  Spread over
the top of the cheesecake.
.SK 8
Bake 10 minutes.  Cool slightly, garnish
with orange slices if you like, then refrigerate.
.NX
A North American pumpkin is not the same vegetable as a European or Asian
pumpkin, but it will probably taste nice anyhow.
.SH RATING
.I Difficulty:
Moderate.
.I Time:
40 minutes preparation, 2 hours cooking, 1 hour cooling.
.I Precision:
Measure carefully.
.WR
Vicki O'Day
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA
hplabs!oday