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Lemon Meringue Cheesecake
This creamy, zesty lemon meringue cheesecake is filled with fresh lemon zest and topped with cloud-like meringue in a crunchy homemade graham cracker crust.
👥 12 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 11h 45m⏳ Prep: 10h 20m🔥 Cook: 1h 25m👤 Shelly📖 cookiesandcups
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- oven
- pan
- bowl
- knife
- whisk
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Crust
2
Preheat oven to 300°F.
3
Stir together all the ingredients for the crust in a bowl and combine. Press the mixture into a 9-inch springform pan and up the sides, about one inch.
4
Bake for ⏱️ 10 minutes and allow to cool.
5
Cheesecake Filling
6
In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat cream cheese and sugar together until combined and smooth. Add in egg yolks (cover and chill the reserved whites until ready to make the meringue topping) and beat until mixture is just combined, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
cream cheese, room temperature4 (8-ounce) packagesegg yolks (reserve whites for meringue)6
7
Turn the mixer to low and add in the flour, sour cream, and lemon zest and mix until smooth.
sour cream1 cuplemon zest (2 large lemons)2 tablespoons
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Pour the cheesecake mixture over the prepared crust.
9
Bake for ⏱️ 75 minutes. Then turn off the oven and leave the cheesecake in the warm oven with the door closed for ⏱️ 4 hours.
10
Remove the cheesecake from the oven and run a butter knife along the edges to loosen it from the pan. Spread the lemon curd on top of the cheesecake, leaving about an inch around the edges. Cover the cheesecake with plastic wrap and chill for ⏱️ 6 hours, or overnight.
butter, melted6 tablespoons
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Meringue Topping
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Whisk the 6 reserved egg whites with sugar. Place over a double boiler and, stirring constantly, heat the mixture until it reaches 140°F on a candy thermometer. Pour the mixture immediately into the clean bowl of your stand mixer, fitted with a whisk attachment, and beat for ⏱️ 10 minutes, until glossy and stiff peaks form.
egg whites6
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Spread the meringue over chilled cheesecake and lightly brown the tops of the meringue using a kitchen torch.
Nutrition Facts
calories
404 calories
fat Content
17.2 g
fiber Content
0.1 g
sugar Content
51.3 g
sodium Content
174 mg
protein Content
9.5 g
trans Fat Content
0 g
cholesterol Content
221.3 mg
carbohydrate Content
54.4 g
saturated Fat Content
9 g
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