Green Tea Cheesecake

I love cheesecake and also love green tea flavored stuff, so it's only right to combine the two.

» Ingredients

› For the crust, see crust recipe.

› For the filling:

• 2 8-oz packages (original) cream cheese, cut into 1-inch chucks, room temperature
• 1/2 cup fromage blanc
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 2 tablespoon Japanese green tea powder

» Instructions

1. First make the crust. Keep oven in 325 (F) degree; and the rack in lower-middle position.
2. In a small bowl, use a tablespoon of water to dissolve the green tea powder.
3. In a standing mixer (or a large bowl with an electric mixer), beat cream cheese, fromage blanc, and sugar in medium-low speed until smooth. Add one egg at a time, beat until incorporated after each addition. Beat the dissolved green tea powder until smooth.
4. Pour batter over prepared crust in pan. Place a roasting pan in the bottom rack to catch any drippings.
5. Bake cake until set but center moves very slightly when pan is gently shaken, about an hour. 
6. Transfer the cake to a wire rack and let it cool down. Loose up the cake by running a knife between the cake and the pan sides. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate until cold, at least 3 hours. (Can be refrigerated for up to 2 days.)
7. Let the cheesecake stand at room temperature about 30 minutes before serving.

» Serves 8-10

» Calories: ~3560

» Adapted from Epicurious

» Note: the original recipe called for 1/2 cup of fromage blanc, but fromage blanc comes in 1 cup package, since I don't know what to do with other half cup so I put the whole thing in. :P