White Chocolate-Cranberry Swirl Cheesecake  
Posted by: Shaz Mon 27 Feb 2006 9:31 am
 

Ingredients
32 ounces plain nonfat yogurt -- drained overnight
1 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup light corn syrup
3 tablespoons water
1 cup vanilla wafer crumbs -- (24 cookies)
1 tablespoon butter or margarine -- melted
vegetable cooking spray
2 tablespoons skim milk
1 tablespoon vanilla
3 ounces white chocolate -- chopped
1 cup sugar
1 cup lowfat sour cream
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 ounces Neufchatel cheese
2 eggs
1 egg white
cranberries -- for garnish
fresh mint -- for garnish

 Directions
Place a colander in a 2 quart glass measure or bowl. Line colander with 4 layers of cheesecloth, allowing cheesecloth to extend over edge of container. Spoon nonfat yogurt into colander. Cover loosely with plastic wrap, and refrigerate 12 hours. Spoon yogurt cheese into a bowl, discarding liquid; cover and refrigerate. Combine cranberries, 1/2 cup water, and corn syrup in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 oF. Place cranberry mixture and 3 tablespoons water in a food processor or blender, and process 1 minute or until smooth. Set aside. Combine crumbs and butter in a small bowl, and stir well. Firmly pack mixture into bottom of a 9 inch springform pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Let cool on wire rack. Combine milk, vanilla, and white chocolate in the top of a double boiler. Cook over simmering water until white chocolate melts, stirring frequently. Set mixture aside. Combine yogurt cheese, sugar, sour cream, cornstarch, salt and Neufchatel cheese in a large bowl; beat at low speed of a mixer 1 minute. Add white chocolate mixture, and beat at medium speed until smooth. Add eggs and egg white, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Pour cheese mixture into prepared springform pan. Spoon cranberry mixture in mounds over cheese mixture, and swirl with knife to create a marbled effect. Bake at 300 oF for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until almost set. Turn oven off, and let cheesecake stand for 1 hour with door closed. Remove from oven, and cool to room temperature. Cover and chill at least 8 hours. Garnish, if desired.
Yield: 16 servings. Per serving: 1 FR/V, 200 cal.
Recipe by: Weight Watchers Magazine, December 1996