Strawberry Marbled Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 10 ounces frozen strawberries, thawed
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
• red food coloring (optional)
• 1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, melted
• 24 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 14 ounces condensed milk, sweetened
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 in blender container, combine strawberries and cornstarch; blend until smooth.
• 2 in heavy saucepan, over med.
• 3 heat, cook and stir until thickened.
• 4 add food coloring, if desired.
• 5 reserve 1/3 cup sauce; cool.
• 6 chill remaining sauce. preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• 7 combine crumbs, sugar and butter; press onto bottom of 9" springform pan.
• 8 in mixer bowl beat cream cheese until fluffy.
• 9 gradually beat in milk until smooth.
• 10 add eggs and lemon juice; mix well.
• 11 spoon half the batter into pan.
• 12 spoon half the reserved strawberry sauce in small amounts over batter.
• 13 repeat, ending with sauce. with a knife, cut through batter to marble. bake 50 minute,oven temperature 350 degrees.
• 14 or until center is set. cool.
• 15 chill.
• 16 remove side of pan.
• 17 serve with chilled strawberry sauce. refrigerate leftovers.