WHITE CHOCOLATE GINGER CHEESECAKE

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Make and share this White Chocolate Ginger Cheesecake recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Irmgard

Time 1h5m

Yield 1 cake

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

13 ounces gingersnaps
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon ground ginger
3 1/2 ounces unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1 lb white chocolate
32 ounces cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
4 large eggs, room temp
1 large egg yolk, room temp
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 cup crystallized ginger, minced (chop with chef's knife with sugar so it doesn't stick. Avoid cuisinart)

Steps:

Preheat 325 dergee oven.
Nine inch springform buttered, wrapped in foil.
Combine all crust ingredients in food processor, pulse until ground.
Press into bottom of pan and up the sides if you can't controll yourself.
Melt chocolate.
Beat cheese until fluffy,add sugar and beat well, add egg one at a time.
Beat in vanilla, ground ginger and then white chocolate.
Fold in crystalized ginger.
Bake in water bath until done.
chill overnight.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 8555.9, Fat 603.3, SaturatedFat 355.2, Cholesterol 2330.5, Sodium 5823.9, Carbohydrate 659.9, Fiber 8.6, Sugar 422.2, Protein 144.9