Ingredients:

• 1 cup – sifted all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup – white Sugar
• 1 tbsp – gd Lime zest
• 1/2 cup – butter, softened
• 1 Egg yolk, beaten
• 1 tsp – fresh Lime juice
• 5 (8 ounce) packages Cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup – fresh Lime juice
• 1 tsp – vanilla extract
• 1.5 cups – white Sugar
• 1/2 cup – all purpose flour
• 6 eggs
• 8 slices Lime
• 1 tsp – salt

Method:

1. To make crust:
2. Combine 1 cup sifted flour, 1/4 cup white sugar, and butter or margarine with a pastry blender to make coarse crumbs.
3. With a fork, mix in the lime peel, egg yolk, and 1 tsp lime juice.
4. Dough will have a paste-like consistency.
5. Cover the bottom and sides of a 9 inch springform pan with the crust mixture.
6. Bake in a preheated 400 F (205 F) oven until slightly brown, about 6 to 8 minutes.
7. Preparation:
8. In a large bowl combine the cream cheese, 1 cup lime juice, vanilla extract, 1.5 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup flour, salt, and eggs. Beat until smooth.
9. Pour filling into the dough lined pan
10. Bake in a preheated 450 F (230 C) oven for 12 minutes.
11. Reduce heat to 300 F (150 C), and bake until center of the cheesecake doesn’t wiggle when the pan is gently shaken (about 1 hour).
12. Remove cake from oven and cool.
13. Release spring on the outside rim after 1 hour of cooling time, but do not remove the sides.
14. Loosening the spring will help to prevent the cake from cracking.If you remove the rim, the cake will not hold its shape.
15. Chill the cake several hours before serving.
16. Cake develops better flavor if chilled overnight.
17. To Garnish:
18. Separate the featherleaf fern down the middle rib to give tiny “fernettes.”Arrange on top of the cheesecake with the point of each “fernette” towards the outside edge of the cake.
19. Arrange lime slices in the center of the ferns, reserving one slice for the top of the alternating slices.