Canadian Flag Cheesecake (Canada Day)

Name: Canadian Flag Cheesecake (Canada Day)
Total time: P1H56M
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: walnuts; graham wafer crumbs; eggs; canola oil; butter, unsalted; salt; cream cheese (reduced-fat); sour cream, light; eggs; maple syrup; strawberries

Submitted by happyzhangbo

Make this creamy, smooth and delicious Canadian flag cheesecake for the celebration of Canada Day.

YIELD

12 servings

PREP

10 min

COOK

8 min

READY

116 min

Ingredients

For the crust

CUP WALNUTS
lightly toasted

CUP GRAHAM WAFER CRUMBS
prefer whole wheat *

LARGE EGGS
or you can use 1 egg white

TABLESPOON CANOLA OIL
or olive oil

TABLESPOON BUTTER, UNSALTED
melted

⅛

TEASPOON SALT
or 1 pinch

For the filling

OUNCES CREAM CHEESE (REDUCED-FAT)
softened *

CUP SOUR CREAM, LIGHT

LARGE EGGS

TABLESPOONS MAPLE SYRUP
divided

CUP STRAWBERRIES
freshly sliced

Directions

For the crust:

Preheat oven to 325℉ (160℃) F.

Coarsely chop walnuts in a food processor. Add graham cracker crumbs and process until the mixture looks like fine crumbs.

Add lightly toasted walnuts into a food processor.

Whisk egg or egg white in a medium bowl until frothy. Stir in the crumb mixture, butter, oil and salt; combine well.

Here you have almost all the wet and dry ingredients together.

Press the mixture into the bottom and ½ inch up the sides of a 11 by 8-inch removable-bottom rectangular tart pan.

Turn the mixture out of the processor into the well-greased tart pan.

Press the mixture from the bottom to sides.

Set the pan on a baking sheet. Bake until dry and slightly darker around the edges, about 8 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

until the tart pan is evenly covered by the mixture and the shells forms.

Bake at 325 degrees F for about 15 minutes.

For the filling:

Increase the oven temperature to 350℉ (180℃).

Beat cream cheese, sour cream, eggs and 4 tablespoons maple syrup in a medium bowl with an electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Spread the filling evenly, being careful not to break up the delicate crust.

Add the sour cream and cream cheese into a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer.

Pour the creamy filling into the baked tart shell.

Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the cheesecake is set. Cool on a wire rack completely.

Bake at 350 degrees F oven for about 30 to 35 minutes until the filling is set.

Arrange strawberries on top the cheesecake to make a Canadian flag. Brush with remaining tablespoons of maple syrup. Chill for at least 2 hours or overnight.