Decadent Mango Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/4 cups finely ground graham crackers
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 5 tablespoons butter, melted
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/2 lbs ripe mangoes, peeled, pitted, pureed (3 1/2 cups)
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
• 1/2 cup macadamia nuts, crushed

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325.
• 2 in a small bowl, combine crust ingredients, press into 9-inch springform pan pushing a slight crust up the edge about an inch.
• 3 bake about 15 minutes; cool while preparing filling.
• 4 in a large mixing bowl, combine cream cheese & brown sugar until well-blended.
• 5 add eggs one-at-a-time, beat until very smooth.
• 6 in a smaller bowl, combine mango puree, cream and lime juice, mixing thoroughly.
• 7 add mango mixture to cream cheese mixture, mix until well-blended; pour into crust.
• 8 bake for 50 minutes (center will jiggle slightly).
• 9 cool on wire rack, then refrigerate for about 8 hours.
• 10 to serve, run knife around edges to loosen from pan, release sides, lift cake out and set on serving plate.
• 11 serve chilled, sprinkled with nuts.