4 pk (3 oz) cream cheese; at room
-temperature
2 lg Eggs
1/2 c Sugar
Grated peel of 1 lemon
1 tb Fresh lemon juice
2 c Prepared mincemeat
1 9-inch pastry shell; baked
1 c Sour cream
2 tb Sugar
1/2 ts Vanilla extract
Lemon slices; for garnish
Beat together cream cheese, eggs, 1/2 cup sugar, lemon peel and lemon juice
with an electric mixer until very smooth. Spoon mincemeat into baked pastry
shell. Pour cheese mixture evenly over mincemeat. Bake in a 375?F oven for
20 minutes. Mix together sour cream, the 2 tablespoons sugar and vanilla.
When pie has baked the 20 minutes, remove from oven and spread sour cream
mixture evenly over the top. Return to oven for 10 minutes longer. Chill
pie before cutting and serving. Garnish with twisted lemon slices and lemon
leaves (if available).
Yields
8 Servings