Yummy Key Lime Cheesecake

Ingredients:


* 1/3 cup melted unsalted butter

* 2 cups Nabisco famous Chocolate wafer crumbs or graham cracker crumbs

* 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin

* 1/2 cup boiling water

* 1/2 cup fresh lime juice

* 3 eggs separated

* 1/4 cup of sugar

* 1 can of (14 oz) condensed milk

* 1 teaspoon grated fresh lime zest

* 1/2 cup sour cream

* 2 (8 oz) container of cream cheese

* 1 (8 oz) container of cool whip

* Thin Lime slices and some extra lime zest for garnish


Method:


* Combine crumbs, sugar and butter.

* Press on to bottom of 9" spring form pan or pie dish.

* Bake at 325 degree for 7-10 min, Cool.

* Dissolve gelatin in 1/2 cup of boiling water, stir until completed dissolved.

* Add egg yolks, 1/4 cup of sugar and lime zest.

* Cook over low heat for 5 min, stirring constantly, cool.

* Whip the cream cheese, sour cream, condensed milk and lime juice till smooth. Mix in the cool whip, then add the cooked mix. Mix with electric mixture until well blended.

* Beat egg white until foamy.

* Fold in to cream cheese mixture.

* Pour over crust: Garnish with lime slices if you like. Chill for about 3-4 hrs or until firm and set.


Hints:

* Instead of using crumbs you can use 2 ready made graham cracker pie crusts, (9 inch) then you don't have to worry about using the spring form cake pan.

* If you cannot get fresh lime juice, you can buy it in concentrated form in most grocery stores.

* To cut down on calories you may use all ingredients in low fat variety for example condensed milk, sour cream, cream cheese and cool whip)

* You may add few drops of food coloring if desired.

* If you want to make this less sweet, you can adjust the amount of condensed milk and add it to your taste or to desired sweetness.





Key lime Zest photos by nsdis Leslie http://www.flickr.com/photos/20705353@N00/4301862555/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en
Key zest photos by austinevan http://www.flickr.com/photos/19762676@N00/4033758441/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
Key lime cheese cake photos by DJ Lein http://www.flickr.com/photos/64376172@N00/4741241828/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en

Recipe modified by Suerkha from a recipe in Philadelphia cream cheese cookbook.