Lemon Icebox Cheesecake

Name: Lemon Icebox Cheesecake
Yield: Serves 12 to 16
Ingredients: 10 , lemon sandwich cookies, broken into pieces (about 1 1/4 cups); 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 1 teaspoon, grated lemon zest; 1 large, egg plus 1 egg yolk; 1/4 cup (1¾ ounces/50 grams), sugar; Pinch , salt; 2 tablespoons, lemon juice; 1 tablespoon, unsalted butter; 1 tablespoon, heavy cream; 2 3/4 teaspoons, unflavored gelatin; 1/4 cup, lemon juice (2 lemons); 1 1/2 pounds (680 grams), cream cheese, cut into 1-inch pieces and softened; 3/4 cup (5¼ ounces/149 grams), sugar; Pinch , salt; 1 1/4 cups, heavy cream, room temperature

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cakes

Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2010, Cook's Country TV

Load up on lemon juice and you're guaranteed powerful flavor. Or are you?

SERVES 12 to 16

TIME 1½ hours, plus 6 hours chilling

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