This gorgeous Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake is creamy, rich, and decadent with a sweet blueberry swirl and buttery graham crust. This small batch dessert recipe makes just 4 large slices or 6 small slices.
In a small saucepan, combine blueberries, sugar and lemon juice. Cook and stir over medium heat for 5 minutes or until the berries are softened. Mash some as you stir.
Combine cornstarch and water in a bowl until smooth. Stir into blueberry mixture. Bring to a boil and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
For the Crust:
Spray a 7 inch leak proof springform pan with non-stick spray. Line it with parchment paper, and then spray again with non-stick spray.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
In a medium bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs, sugar, salt, and melted butter. Stir well to combine. Spread crumb crust mixture into the springform pan evenly and half way up the sides. Press it firmly to compact it together.
For the Lemon Cheesecake Filling:
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat softened cream cheese and sour cream until smooth.
Pour in sugar and vanilla and beat until smooth, scraping down the sides and bottom of bowl as needed.
Add egg and beat until smooth. Stir in flour and mix until just combined.
Quickly stir in lemon juice and zest, mixing just until it's incorporated into batter.
Pour filling into prepared crust, and spread top smooth if needed.
Spoon a few dollops of blueberry mixture on top of unbaked cheesecake. Use a skewer or knife to swirl mixture as much or as little as you'd like.
Place cheesecake pan on a baking sheet and move to oven. Bake cheesecake about 90 minutes or until almost set.
Remove cheesecake from oven and let cool in pan 10 minutes.
Carefully, take a knife and go around edges of pan to loosen cheesecake. Leave cheesecake in springform pan. Move to a cooling rack to cool 1 hour.
Place springform pan in refrigerator to chill 2 hours or overnight.
After its done chilling, remove sides of pan and slice into 4 large or 6 small pieces. You can use a long knife dipped in very hot water to slice the cheesecake.
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Notes
You can double the blueberry sauce and serve half of it on top of the finished cheesecake.
If you are cooking for two, you can freeze the other slices in a container with pieces of parchment paper between them.