Brooklyn Cheesecake 

16 oz Ricotta cheese

16 oz Cream cheese, softened

1-1/2 cups sugar

4 eggs

Juice of 1/2 a fresh lemon

1/4 tsp vanilla

3 tbl cornstarch

3 tbl flour

1/4 cup melted butter

16 oz sour cream

Blend together ricotta and cream cheese, and add sugar. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add lemon juice, vanilla, cornstarch, flour and butter. Mix well. Fold in sour cream and pour into buttered 10-inch springform pan.

Put cake in a cold oven. Heat to 325 degrees, and bake for one hour. Turn oven off and leave cake in for two more hours. Do not open oven door while cooling. Remove cake and finish cooling. Wrap and refrigerate.

Cake is best the next day.