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Strawberry Marbled Cheesecake

10 ounces frozen strawberries, thawed
1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
red food coloring, optional
1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
24 ounces cream cheese, softened
14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
3 eggs
1/4 cup lemon juice

In blender container, combine strawberries and cornstarch; blend
until smooth.  In heavy saucepan, over med. heat, cook and stir
until thickened. Add food coloring, if desired. Reserve 1/3 cup
sauce; cool. Chill remaining sauce.

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.

Combine crumbs, sugar and butter; press onto bottom of 9" springform
pan. In mixer bowl beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat
in milk until smooth.  Add eggs and lemon juice; mix well. Spoon
half the batter into pan. Spoon half the reserved strawberry sauce
in small amounts over batter. Repeat, ending with sauce. With a
knife, cut through batter to marble.

Bake 50 min. or until center is set. Cool. Chill. Remove side of
pan. Serve with chilled strawberry sauce. Refrigerate leftovers.

Printable version: straberry-marble01.txt.