Citrus Cheesecake

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 cups animal cookies, crushed to crumbs
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 2/3 cup plain yogurt
• 2 oranges, zest of
• 2 lemons, zest of
• 2/3 cup whipping cream, whipped
• 4 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 whole eggs
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 3 fresh oranges
• 2 lemons, juice of
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 kiwi (to garnish)
• 1/2 cup fresh grapes (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 grease a 8 inch spring form pan and line with wax paper.
• 2 melt butter over low heat and add to crumbs.
• 3 press into the bottom of prepared pan.
• 4 set aside.
• 5 cream cheese beating whipping well.
• 6 add yogurt, and zest and beat until smooth.
• 7 fold in the whipped cream.
• 8 combine gelatin with water in a small saucepot and simmer until dissolved completely.
• 9 cool slightly.
• 10 stir into the creamed mixture.
• 11 in a small bowl beat eggs with the honeyuntil thick and foamy, and will hold a ribbon when drawn over the surface.
• 12 fold the beaten eggs into mixture.
• 13 spoon into the prepared crust.
• 14 refrigerate 4 hours or until set.
• 15 topping.
• 16 peel and cut orange segments.
• 17 catch all the juices in a small sauce pot.
• 18 set the orange pieces aside.
• 19 add lemon juice to the orange juice.
• 20 stir in the sugar and bring to a boil.
• 21 combine the cornstarch with water.
• 22 stir now into the citrus juices.
• 23 simmer until thickened.
• 24 cool.
• 25 when cheesecake has set spread the topping over cake.
• 26 cool completely before removing from pan.
• 27 peel and slice kiwi.
• 28 slice grapes.
• 29 arrange orange, kiwi, and grapes on cake, just at serving--.