Cooking in progress....

• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For crust, mix walnuts, zwieback, and butter. | 2. Press onto the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan. | 3. Preheat oven to 325°F. | 4. For filling, in a large bowl beat feta and ricotta cheeses with an electric mixer on medium speed until well combined. | 5. Add eggs all at once, beating on low speed until just combined. | 6. Stir in sun-dried tomatoes, chopped olives, minced garlic, herbs, pepper, and salt with a spoon. | 7. Pour filling into the springform pan, and place on a larger shallow baking pan. | 8. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until the center appears nearly set when shaken. | 9. Cool for 15 minutes on a wire rack. | 10. Run a spatula around inside of the pan. | 11. Cool for 30 minutes more. | 12. Remove side of pan. | 13. Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours. | 14. At serving time, garnish cheesecake with fresh oregano. | 15. This can be made up to 3 days ahead of serving. | 16. Bring to room temperature (or close to it). | 17. Cut into thin slices and serve alongside a leafy, green salad (various baby lettuces would be good) that has been dressed lightly with a vinaigrette. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
walnut	1	cup	ground toasted	1927.12	0.0	0.0	218.0
zwieback toast	1/2	cup	crushed	-	-	-	-
butter	2	tablespoons	melted	171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
feta cheese	6	ounces	crumbled	449.064	6.9571	24.1712	36.1973
ricotta cheese	1	lb		789.2517	13.7892	51.0746	58.8764
egg	4			286.0	1.44	25.12	19.02
sun tomato	1	cup	chopped sun-dried	-	-	-	-
kalamata olive	1	cup	pitted chopped	-	-	-	-
garlic clove	4		minced	17.88	3.9672	0.7632	0.06
basil	1	teaspoon	crumbled dried	0.2032	0.0234	0.0278	0.0057
oregano	1	teaspoon	crumbled dried	2.65	0.6892	0.09	0.0428
pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
salt	1/8	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
oregano	3 -4			2.65	0.6892	0.09	0.0428

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.