# Zesty Cheesecake w/Blood Orange Jam
**URL:** https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/zesty-cheesecake-w-blood-orange-jam/25216
**Category:** Brag Board
**Created:** [February 21, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/zesty-cheesecake-w-blood-orange-jam/25216 "2020-02-21T14:55:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@matt\_good](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/matt_good)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/zesty-cheesecake-w-blood-orange-jam/25216/1 "2020-02-21T14:55:26Z")
**Recipe Name:** Zesty Cheesecake w/ Blood Orange Jam
**Recipe Temp:** 185 F/ 85 C
**Recipe Time:** 1 hour 30 minutes
**Ingredients**
For the Cheesecake:
1. 2 8oz blocks cream cheese, softened
2. 3/4 cup granulated sugar
3. 1/3 cup whole milk
4. 2 large eggs
5. 1/2 cup creme fraiche
6. 1/2 tbsp Madagascar vanilla extract
7. Zest of 1 lemon
8. 1/8 cup all purpose flour
For the Jam:
1. 3 medium/large blood oranges, supremed
2. 1/2 cup water
3. 1/2 cup granulated sugar
4. cornstarch slurry (2 tbsp cornstarch/2 tbsp water)
**Steps**
For the Jam:
1. Combine blood oranges, water, and sugar in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat
2. Stir until sugar is completely dissolved
3. Lightly mash blood oranges until distributed
4. Bring mixture to boil
5. Pour in the cornstarch slurry and reduce heat to simmer
6. Stir until sauce begins to thicken and then take off heat to cool
For the Cheesecakes:
1. Set circulator temperature to 185 F/ 85 C
2. In a large mixing bowl combine cream cheese, milk, sugar, and creme fraiche.
3. Mix with a hand mixer until smooth.
4. Add eggs one at a time mixing each one in thoroughly
5. Mix in the vanilla extract.
6. Zest lemon over the bowl and fold into batter
7. Add the flour and mix again until smooth
8. Line the bottom of 4oz mason jars with a touch of softened butter and crushed graham crackers
9. Fill jars halfway with cheesecake batter
10. Spoon in blood orange jam
11. Fill remainder of the jar with batter
12. Finger tighten the lids and place in the water bath
This recipe yields 12-15 individual cheesecakes if using 4oz jars. Can easily be upscaled for larger jars or even a whole cheesecake.
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### Author:  [@chatnoir](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/chatnoir)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/zesty-cheesecake-w-blood-orange-jam/25216/2 "2020-02-21T18:20:54Z")
Thank you for sharing.
For certainty, does Recipe Time equal cooking time?
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### Author:  [@matt\_good](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/matt_good)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/zesty-cheesecake-w-blood-orange-jam/25216/3 "2020-02-21T18:39:15Z")
Yes, the recipe time is the cook time. It’s about 30 minutes of prep time so 2 hours overall.
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### Author:  [@johankimmey](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/johankimmey)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/zesty-cheesecake-w-blood-orange-jam/25216/4 "2020-12-03T18:26:44Z")
> [@matt\_good](#):
>
> - Set circulator temperature to 185 F/ 85 C
> - In a large mixing bowl combine cream cheese, milk, sugar, and creme fraiche.
> - Mix with a hand mixer until smooth.
> - Add eggs one at a time mixing each one in thoroughly
> - Mix in the vanilla extract.
> - Zest lemon over the bowl and fold into batter
> - Add the flour and mix again until smooth
> - Line the bottom of 4oz mason jars with a touch of softened butter and crushed graham crackers
> - Fill jars halfway with cheesecake batter
> - Spoon in blood orange jam
> - Fill remainder of the jar with batter
> - Finger tighten the lids and place in the water bath
It’s good that I found this recipe, just for my wife, I want to surprise her, since we recently purchased a mixer [10 Best Stand Mixer for Bread Dough, Cookies and Beyond](https://www.thewindupspace.com/best-stand-mixer-for-bread-dough/), and it will help for me to make a pastry chef’s dream come true 🙂 My mother also told me how she manually made a similar recipe, but instead of sugar we took a sweetener and together with cream and milk powdered milk, since it is more convenient to cook with it. This recipe is the best I’ve seen because the ingredients suit my taste preferences. This is the best I’ve ever seen and immediately wanted to eat