CRUST:
3 tb Butter, melted
1 1/2 c Oreo cookie crumbs
FILLING:
2 lb Deli cream cheese
1 Tub mascarpone cheese
1 c Granulated sugar
1 ts Vanilla
8 Eggs
10 oz. semisweet chocolate,
-melted
LYCHEE LOVE LIQUID:
8 oz. cleaned, pitted lychee
-fruit
Juice of 1 lemon
To make crust, melt butter, blend with cookie crumbs and press over bottom
and slightly up sides of a greased 10 inch springform pan. Chill.
To make filling, cream the cheeses on slow speed of mixer, then add sugar.
Blend until smooth, add vanilla. Beat in eggs one at a time. Remove
one-third of the cheese mixture, set aside.
Add warm, not hot, melted chocolate to remaining cheese mixture. Pour into
springform pan. Transfer reserved cheese mixture into piping bag. Place
tip well into chocolate cheese mixture and squeeze a large even dot in
center. Continue making smaller dots in batter around cake and rim. Bake
in a 250F oven for 1 1/2 hours or until firm in center. Chill.
To make lychee sauce, blend lychee fruit and lemon in food processor until
smooth. Serve each slice surrounded by a pool of sauce. Makes 12 to 16
servings.
Yields
12 Servings