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Graham Cracker Crust
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter (room temperature)
Combine ingredients in a food processor or mixer until they can
be formed into a ball. Press onto sides and bottom of an ungreased
9-inch pie pan or springform pan.
Cheesecake Filling
2 cups (16 ounces) cream cheese (room temperature)
2/3 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
1/4 cup whipping cream
1/4 cup sour cream
2 1/2 tablespoons vanilla
Zest of 1/2 lemon
Zest of 1/2 orange
1 tablespoon Bailey's Irish Cream or other liqueur
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine cream cheese, sugar, eggs,
and egg yolks in a food processor or mixer until smooth (5 minutes).
Add remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly. Pour into crust
and bake approximately 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in
center comes out clean.
Sour Cream Topping
2 cups (16 ounces) good quality, thick sour cream
1/4 cup sugar
Mix ingredients with a wire whisk in a chilled bowl. Spread on
cooled cheesecake. Chill cheesecake at least 5 hours before serving.
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Sierra Grill
4704 Montrose
Houston, Texas
Forget the figgy pudding. The centerpiece of your party table
for the holidays should be this voluptuous cheesecake from Houston's
Sierra Grill. Chef Charles Watkins has taken an everyday dessert
and turned it into something special, its texture as lush as velvet,
the density firm without being heavy. But what raises this cheesecake
above all others is the inspired addition of three ingredients:
Bailey's Irish Cream to impart a silky nip, and orange and lemon
zest to lend a tang. For a chaser, set out a batch of Watkins'
Grand Marnier truffles rolled
in Texas pecans. Your guests won't go until they get some.
Meat & Dairy
sour cream
whipping cream
eggs
2 packages cream cheese
Produce
orange
lemon
Grocery
sugar
vanilla
Liquor Store
Bailey's Irish Cream or other liqueur
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