Strawberry-Vanilla Bean Cheesecake Pie

12 ingredients
11 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 (8 ounce) packagereduced fat cream cheese, softened
  • 34 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
  • 23 cup granulated sugar
  • 5 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped out
  • 1 large egg
  • 5 tablespoons water
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 quart strawberry, stemmed, sliced

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. 2
    In a medium sized mixing bowl, stir together graham cracker crumbs, butter and honey until well combined; press into a 9-inch pie plate.
  3. 3
    Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
  4. 4
    In a large mixing bowl, using a mixer on medium speed, beat together cream cheese and ricotta cheese until smooth.
  5. 5
    Beat in 2/3 cup sugar and vanilla bean seeds until combined.
  6. 6
    Beat in egg until just combined; pour into prepared crust.
  7. 7
    Bake for 20 minutes or until set, and wobbles only slightly.
  8. 8
    Cool for 45 minutes before lightly covering and transferring to refrigerator to cool completely, at least 2 hours.
  9. 9
    To make the strawberry sauce, in a large nonstick skillet, stir together additional 5 tablespoons sugar, water and cornstarch until combined.
  10. 10
    Turn heat on to medium and bring mixture to a boil, stirring frequently; stir in strawberries and cook for 3-4 minutes or until fragrant and mixture starts to thicken up.
  11. 11
    Transfer strawberries and juices to a bowl and cool for 15 minutes before lightly covering and transferring to refrigerator to cool completely; serve strawberry sauce over sliced cheesecake pie.

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