Heavenly Strawberry Cheesecake | Cooking Professionally

Ingredients

• ***For the crust:***
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus more, to taste, softened, for greasing the pan
• 1 (7-ounce) package Marie-style cookies, such as Goya® Maria cookies, roughly broken, can substitute 28 graham cracker squares
• ***For the cheesecake filling:***
• 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 1/2 cups caster or extra-fine sugar
• 1 lemon, zested
• 3 eggs, room temperature
• ***For the strawberry topping:***
• 1 pound strawberries, 1/2 pound diced and 1/2 pound halved
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice or water
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons corn flour or cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons water, plus more, to taste