Ontario Blueberry Cheesecake

Ontario Blueberry Cheesecake

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Ingredients

• 2 packages (16 ounces total) cream cheese, room temperature
• 2 cups cottage cheese
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs, slightly beaten
• 6 tablespoons cornstarch
• 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup melted butter or margarine
• 2 cups sour cream
• graham cracker crust, below
• blueberry glaze, below
• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/4 cup melted butter or margarine
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 cup water
• 2 cups fresh or frozen Ontario blueberries, divided

Instructions

1. Combine cream cheese and cottage cheese in a large mixing bowl; beat until smooth. Gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs and beat until well blended. Add cornstarch, flour, lemon juice, and vanilla; stir well. Add melted butter and sour cream, beating until smooth.
2. Pour filling into 10-inch springform pan with graham cracker crust; Combine crumbs, melted butter, and sugar; press into the bottom of a 10-inch springform pan. (Place a shallow baking pan on the bottom rack of the oven with about an inch of hot water.)
3. Bake cheesecake in center of oven at 325° for about 70 minutes, or until firm around edges. Turn off oven and let cheesecake cool with oven for 2 hours. Remove from oven and cool completely. Remove from pan; refrigerate.
4. When completely chilled, top with blueberry glaze; In a 1-quart saucepan combine sugar and cornstarch. Stir in water. Crush 1/2 cup blueberries; add to sugar and water mixture. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is thickened and begins to bubble. Continue to boil gently for about 2 minutes, or until blueberry glaze mixture is clear. Cool completely. Arrange remaining blueberries over the top of the cheesecake. Pour cooled blueberry glaze over berries. Keep blueberry cheesecake tightly covered in refrigerator.