Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 1/4 cup chopped cashews
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups sour cream
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups mango puree (made from ripe mangoes or use thawed frozen mangoes)
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 cups sour cream
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons apricot jam
  • 2 tablespoons corn syrup
  • 1 teaspoon lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon cider vinegar

Method

  • Preheat oven to 300°F.
  • Butter a 10-inch springform pan and set aside.
  • Combine first 3 ingredients (graham cracker crumbs- sugar) in a small bowl.
  • Stir in melted butter.
  • Press mixture into prepared pan.
  • Combine cream cheese and sugar in a food processor or blender; process until combined.
  • Add sour cream, eggs, mango puree, vanilla and lemon juice; process using on/off turns until combined.
  • Pour mixture into prepared crust.
  • Bake for 1 hour or until set.
  • Let cheesecake cool for 1 hour.
  • While cheesecake is cooling prepare topping by combining sour cream and sugar in a food processor until combined.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • After cheesecake is at room temperature (1 hour cooling at room temperature), top cheesecake with topping.
  • Bake 4 minutes.
  • Remove from oven.
  • Chill for at least 4 hours.
  • Prepare garnish (optional but highly recommended- if desired substitute passion fruit glaze for the following apricot glaze) Process glaze ingredients (apricot jam- vinegar) in a food processor.
  • Spread glaze over chilled cheesecake before serving.