PASSION FRUIT CHEESECAKE

Passion Fruit Cheesecake image

Passion fruit gets star billing in this luscious baked cheesecake, but strawberries and a sliced kiwi get credit for making it pretty.

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories Dairy

Time 6h45m

Yield 16 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1-2/3 cups sugar, divided
3 Tbsp. butter, melted
4 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
2 Tbsp. flour
4 eggs
1 pkg. (14 oz.) frozen passion fruit pulp, thawed, divided
1 cup halved strawberries
1 kiwi

Steps:

HEAT oven to 325ºF.
Mix graham crumbs, 3 Tbsp. sugar and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake 10 min.
Beat cream cheese, flour and 1 cup of the remaining sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Stir in 1/2 cup passion fruit; pour over crust.
Bake 1 hour 5 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate cheesecake 4 hours.
Meanwhile, bring remaining passion fruit and sugar just to boil in saucepan on medium-low heat 15 min. or until thickened, stirring frequently. Cool completely.
Cut kiwi into thin slices. Add to top of cheesecake along with the strawberries. Drizzle with passion fruit sauce.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 350, Fat 23 g, SaturatedFat 13 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 125 mg, Sodium 280 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 6 g