Grand Marnier Key-lime Cheesecake - Mark's Place, N. Miami, Fl

Total Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup finely chopped toasted pecans
• 1 cup fresh coconut or 1 cup unsweetened coconut, shredded and toasted
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 4 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 lb cream cheese, room temperature
• 5 ounces sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup grand marnier
• 3 tablespoons key lime juice or 3 tablespoons lime juice
• 1 tablespoon freshly grated lime zest (or zest of 1 lime)
• 1 tablespoon freshly grated orange zest (or zest of 1 orange)
• 2 pints seasonal berries or 2 pints assorted seasonal fruit
• 3 tablespoons grand marnier
• 1/2 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 325°f
• 2 in a mixing bowl, combine ingredients for the crust. place 6 four-inch lightly buttered pastry rings on a greased baking sheet. divide the crust mixture between the rings and pat it flat to form bottom crusts. set aside.
• 3 filling:.
• 4 beat the cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. add the eggs one by one. beat in the grand marnier, lime juice, and citrus zest.
• 5 divide the filling between the 6 pastry rings and bake the cheesecakes until set, 10-15 minutes. remove from the oven and cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until cold.
• 6 fruit garnish:.
• 7 mix the fruit with the grand marnier and sugar in a mixing bowl. let stand until the fruit becomes soft and juicy, about 1 hour.
• 8 to serve:.
• 9 run the top of a hot knife around the inside of each metal ring and unmold the cheesecakes. using a metal spatula, transfer each cheesecake to a serving plate. spoon the berries or fruit on top and around the cheesecakes.