Recipe - Margarita Cheesecake

1 One fourth cup Vanilla wafer cookie crumbs
One fourth cup Unsalted butter; melted
3 pack Cream cheese; (8 ounce)
room Temperature
2 cup Sour cream
1 One fourth cup Sugar
3 tablespoon Grand Marnier
3 tablespoon Gold tequila
3 tablespoon Lime Juice; Freshly Squeezed
2 teaspoon Grated lime peel
4 lg Eggs
1 Thin lime slices (garnish)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix cookie crumbs and butter in medium bowl
until blended. Press mixture onto bottom and 1inch up sides of
9inchdiameter springform pan with 2 3/4inch high sides. Refrigerate while
preparing filling. Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese in large bowl
until fluffy. Add 1 cup sour cream, 1 cup sugar, Grand Marnier, tequila,
lime juice and lime peel and beat until well blended. Add eggs 1 at a time,
beating just until blended after each addition. Pour filling into crust.
Bake until center is softly set, about 50 minutes. Maintain oven
temperature. Mix remaining 1 cup sour cream, One fourth cup sugar and 1 tablespoon
lime juice in small bowl. Pour over cheesecake. Using spatula, smooth top.
Bake cheesecake 5 minutes longer. Transfer pan to rack and cool completely.
Refrigerate until well chilled, at least 4 hours or overnight. Run knife
around pan sides to loosen cake. Remove pan sides. Garnish cake with lime
slices. Yield: 10 to 12 servings Copyright, 1996, TV FOOD NETWORK, G.P.,
All Rights Reserved 10/25/96 show
Recipe By : TOO HOT TAMALES SHOW #TH6307

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #277

Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 06:49:33 0600

From: Pat Asher asher@mcs.com