-Crust:
2 Inches vanilla bean
1 c Flour
1/4 c Sugar
1 t Lemon zest
1 lg Egg yolk
1/2 c Unsalted butter, cut into
-bits
1/4 t Salt
-Filling:
2 1/2 lb Cream cheese, softened
1 3/4 c Sugar
3 T Flour
1 1/2 t Orange zest
1 1/2 t Lemon zest
1/2 t Vanilla
5 lg Eggs
2 lg Egg yolks
1/4 c Heavy cream
Split the vanilla bean lengthwise, scrape the seeds into a bowl and
stir in flour, sugar, and zest. Add the egg yolk, butter, and salt.
Knead the mixture until it just forms a dough. Flatten dough into a
round and chill it, wrapped in wax paper, for 1 hour.
Remove sides of a 9-inch springform pan, oil bottom of pan lightly,
and press some of the dough, 1/8-inch thick, on bottom of pan. Bake
in the middle of a preheated 400f oven for 10-12 minutes or until it
is golden, and chill it. Butter the sides of the pan, attach it to
the bottom, and press the remaining dough, 1/8-inch thick, to the
side, sealing it to the bottom crust.
In a bowl with an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese with the
sugar, flour, zests, and vanilla until mixture is smooth. Beat in the
eggs and egg yolks, one at a time, beating lightly after each
addition. Stir in cream. Pour the filling into the prepared crust
and bake in the middle of a preheated 550f oven for 12 minutes. Reduce
heat to 200f and bake for 60 minutes more. Let cool in pan on a rack.
Chill it overnight and them remove sides of pan.
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