Chef Norm’s Lemon Bar Cheesecake

Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• ½ cup powdered sugar
• ¼ tsp. salt
• ½ cup cold butter, cubed
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 tbsp. ice cold water
• 4-8oz packages of cream cheese-room temp.
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 cups lemon curd

Directions:

1. Add flour, powder sugar and salt in a food processor and pulse. Add butter until crumbly. In a separate bowl whisk together egg yolks and cold water. Add to butter mixture until dough forms. Shape dough into a ball and wrap with plastic and chill in fridge for 4 hours.
2. Roll dough into a 14” round circle on floured surface. Put in a 9” spring form pan. Press to bottom and sides of pan. Chill for 3 minutes.
3. Preheat oven to 325. Mix cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar and eggs 1 at a time until combined, add vanilla.
4. Pour 4 cups of batter into crust. Dollop 1 cup of lemon curd over batter and swirl with a knife and then top with remaining batter.
5. Bake at 325 for 1 hour until set.