I don't know how they do it in Jersey, but the NY Cheesecake I remember is NEVER, NEVER, NEVER covered with gloppy fruit topping! Tall, dense, creamy, lemony, but PLAIN. I was born in Long Island and I still loathe any cheesecake covered or flavored. I'll have to try this recipe (without the topping!) because living in Nashville it's impossible to find much NY anything (although we do have a pizza place now called NY Pie run by some Jersey boys who say they learned pizza in Brooklyn!)

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