1 1\/2 cups low-fat (1%) cottage cheese
\n1\/2 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
\n8 oz. neufch\u00e2tel cheese, room temperature
\n3 eggs
\n1\/2 cup sugar
\n1 T. vanilla extract
\n2 tsp. fresh lemon juice
\n1\/4 tsp. salt
\n4 2 1\/2-inch-square reduced-fat graham crackers (1 oz), finely crumbed<\/p>\n
Position the oven rack in the lower third of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350\u00b0F. Line a 9-inch round baking pan with a backing parchment or wax paper round and spray with nonstick cooking spray. In a food processor, puree the cottage and ricotta cheese until velvety smooth, at least 3 minutes. Add the neufch\u00e2tel cheese, eggs, sugar, vanilla, lemon juice, and salt; pulse just until completely smooth, about 30 seconds. Pour into the prepared pan. Pull the oven rack partly out. Place a large roasting pan on the rack; add the filled cheesecake pan. Carefully pour 1\/2 inch boiling water into the roasting pan. Bake until the cheesecake is just starting to pull away from the sides of the pan, 40-45 minutes. Cool completely on a rack, then cover with plastic and refrigerate at least 24 hours and up to 2 days. To unmold the cheesecake, cover the pan with tightly stretched plastic wrap, then place a plate on top. Invert the pan and tap gently to release the cake; remove the parchment. Place a cake plate on the cake and invert so that the cake is right-side-up. Press the graham cracker crumbs around the sides of the cake.<\/p>\n
Yield: 10 servings<\/p>\n
Calories: 140
\nFat: 5g
\nFiber: 0g<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Adding a little creamy ricotta cheese instead of extra sugar makes all the difference in this recipe. Be sure to puree the cottage and ricotta cheese until they are absolutely smooth; they give the cake its velvety texture. Make it at least a day ahead of time, to allow the flavors to blend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-desserts-fruit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}