Article: KITCHENDETECTIVE: ; Pumpkin cheesecake: a divine finale; Main ingredients have natural affinity for each other

FOR some cooks, pumpkin cheesecake is a culinary holy grail, the secret recipe they pull out during any season when they want to impress guests with a spectacular dessert.

The rest of us are a bit skeptical - after all, why muck up such a divinely simple recipe as cheesecake with pumpkin? The answer became clear during my testing. Pumpkin cheesecake, when made properly, is a divine marriage of three ingredients - cream cheese, sour cream, and pumpkin - that have a natural affinity for each other. The problem, I found, was to enhance the flavor of the pumpkin while also producing the perfect, creamy texture.

The first stop was the pumpkin itself. Forget about buying a small sugarpumpkin and ...

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