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Tavern On The Green Cheesecake
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Tavern on the Green
Central Park at West 57th Street
New York, NY 10023
212-873-3200
Web: www.tavernonthegreen.com

Ingredients for cake
1 pound cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups sour cream
5 egg yolks
1/4 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup milk
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 tablespoon orange zest

Ingredients for crust
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 tablespoon sugar
1-1/4 tablespoons melted butter

1. Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees F.

2. Make graham cracker crust:

3. In medium bowl combine crumbs, sugar and butter. Mix well.

4. Butter a 10 inch cake mold. Spread mixture evenly over the bottom of the mold.

5. Refrigerate cake mold while cake is being prepared.

Make the cake:
7. Mix the cream cheese, sugar, salt and sour cream.

8. When cream cheese mixture is smooth, add the egg yolks, one at a time. Then add the heavy cream and milk.

9. Stir in the lemon and orange zest. Mix until smooth.

10. Remove cake mold from the refrigerator. Pour the mixture into the pprepared 10 inch cake mold. Set in a larger pan and surround with one inch of very hot water.

11. Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

12. Cool. Refrigerate at least 3-4 hours before serving.

Serves 6-8

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