Kosher for Passover Cheesecake

CRUST
1 		Stick lightly salted butter 2 		Chocolate macaroons -finely ground kosher -for Pesach

FILLING
Crumbs 1/4 	cup 	Sugar. 2 	lbs 	Cream cheese, (rm temp) 1 1/2 	cup 	Sugar 1 1/2 	tbsp 	Fresh lemon juice Pn Salt 4 	large 	Eggs, (rm temp.) 1/2 	cup 	Brazil nuts, chopped

SOUR CREAM GLAZE
2 	cup 	Sour cream 1/4 	cup 	Sugar 1 	tsp 	Vanilla extract -little grated lemon zest - 2 	tbsp 	Brazil nuts, chopped

Directions
Crust: melt butter and combine with crumbs and sugar in food processor or with a fork until blended. Press small amounts of mix all the way up sides of an ungreased springform and then press the remaining crumbs  over bottom of springform. Filling:in mixer; whip cream cheese on highspeed for 5 minutes. Add sugar and beat for 2 min. more. Add lemon juice and salt and blend together thoroughly. Add the eggs, one at a time, keeping the mixer on the lowest speed (just until each egg has been incorporated  into batter. Fold in brazil nuts with a spatula. If using food processor: put sugar in first. Cut each 8 oz. block of cream cheese into eight 1" cubes and add the first 8 cubes to bowl. Process using on-off pulse about 25 times and then add rest of cream cheese gradually, until mixture is smooth  and creamy. When it looks perfect, blend non-stop for 20 seconds more and then blend in lemon juice and salt for 10 seconds. Crack eggs in a bowl, break them up slightly with a fork, and then add them to batter in processor bowl, and fold them lightly into batter with rubber spatula preventing them from sinking to bottom. Cut the eggs in batter by using on-off pulse 10 times.<BR> Scrape down sides with spatula and pulse on-off 5 times more.<BR> Fold in nuts with a rubber spatula.§ pour batter into crust and bake at 350°F for 55 minutes.<BR> Let cool for 10 minutes before you glaze. <BR> Topping: combine evenly and smoothly over top of baked filling, sprinkle nuts around border, grate lemon zest <BR> into the center as decoration, and return to 350 degree oven for 10 minutes.<BR> Remove from oven and immediately place in refrigerator to cool to prevent cracks from forming in cake.<BR> Hint: most cheesecakes can be kosher for passover if you replace whatever crumbs are call for in crust with nuts<BR> or kosher cookie crumbs.