Ingredients

Crust
1 9-ounce package chocolate wafer cookies, coarsely broken

6 tablespoons (¾ stick) unsalted butter, melted

Filling
1 jar Here's to the Cook! Wild Berry Jam

6 ounces white chocolate, finely chopped

4 8-ounce packages cream cheese, room temp

1 1/3 cups sugar

2 tablespoons all purpose flour

4 large eggs

2 tablespoons whipping cream

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

½ teaspoon almond extract

Cooking Steps

For crust: Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides. Double-wrap outside of pan with heavy-duty aluminum foil. Place cookies in processor and blend until coarse crumbs form. Add butter and process until evenly moistened. Press crumb mixture firmly onto bottom and halfway up sides of prepared pan. Bake crust 8 minutes; cool on rack.

For filling: Stir white chocolate in small metal bowl set over saucepan of barely simmering water until just melted and smooth; set aside.

Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until smooth and fluffy. Beat in flour, then eggs, 1 at a time. Beat in whipping cream and vanilla. Transfer 2¼ cups batter to medium bowl; stir in melted white chocolate. Stir ½ cup Wild Berry Jam and almond extract into remaining batter in large bowl.

Pour batter into prepared crust; place springform pan in large roasting pan. Pour enough hot water into roasting pan to come 1 inch up sides of pan. Bake until batter is softly set in center and beginning to puff at edges, about 50 minutes. Remove roasting pan from oven; let this layer cool 5 minutes to firm slightly.

Spoon white chocolate batter into a Zip Lock bag and cut off one tip. Starting at edge of pan, squeeze white chocolate batter out of Zip Lock bag in concentric circles onto first layer. Smooth top. Bake until white chocolate filling is set in center, about 30 minutes. Refrigerate cake uncovered until cold, at least 4 hours. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead; cover and keep refrigerated.)

Cut around pan sides with small knife to loosen cheesecake; release sides. Garnish cheesecake with white chocolate curls, if desired.

Makes 12 servings.