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AMARETTO CHEESECAKE WITH RASPBERRY SAUCE

Recipe By :The Toronto Star, February 3, 1993
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :1:00
Categories : 10-20G Low Carb

Dessert Cheesecake Baked


Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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BASE
1/4 cup butter
2 cups almonds -- chopped
2 tbsp splenda
FILLING
12 oz cream cheese -- softened
1/2 cup splenda
3 eggs
1 cup sour cream
2 tbsp Amaretto
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond extract
-----Sauce-----
3 cups raspberries
2 tbsp Amaretto
splenda

Base: In 9-inch - 23cm microwavable quiche dish, shallow round baking dish or deep pie plate, melt butter at high (100 per cent power) 1 to 1 1/2 minutes.
Stir in almonds and splenda until evenly coated with butter.
Press into bottom and sides of dish.
Microwave at high 2 to 3 minutes or until firm. If necessary, rotate dish during cooking.

Filling: Beat cream cheese and splenda until light.
Beat in eggs one at a time.
Add sour cream, 2 tbsp Amaretto or almond liqueur, vanilla and almond extract.
Beat until smooth.
Pour into baked crust.
Microwave uncovered at medium (50 per cent power) 14 to 18 minutes or until cheesecake is almost set in centre.
Rotate dish partway through cooking, if necessary.
Cool on countertop to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate until serving time.

Sauce: Reserve some whole raspberries for garnish.
Puree remaining raspberries.
Push through sieve to remove seeds.
Stir 2 tbsp Amaretto or almond liqueur into puree.
Add splenda to taste.

To serve, spoon some sauce on to dessert plates.
Place slice of cheesecake on sauce.
Garnish with reserved berries.

You could substitute strawberries for the raspberries.
To omit liqueur, increase almond extract in the filling to 1 teaspoon and use just a drop in the raspberry puree.


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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 539 Calories; 47g Fat (76.1% calories from fat); 14g Protein; 19g Carbohydrate; 7g Dietary Fiber; 145mg Cholesterol; 224mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1 1/2 Lean Meat; 1/2 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 8 1/2 Fat.


NOTES :> The AUSSIE Low Carb Gourmet Tony Blakemore 2002
e-mail Tony@carb-lite.au.com
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