INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

1
Preheat oven to 375F/190C.  To make pastry, in large bowl, combine
flour with nuts and granulated  sugar. Cut in butter until it is in
tiny bits.  Combine egg yolk with lemon juice. Sprinkle over flour
mixture and  gather dough together into a ball. Roll or press to fit
bottom of 9  or 10 inch/23 or 25cm springform pan.  Bake for 20 to 25
minutes, or until lightly browned. Break sponge  cake into small pieces
and and sprinkle on top of pastry.  Reserve eight of the best
strawberries for the top. Hull remaining  berries. Cut about twelve
even sized berries in half and arrange  around edge of pan with cut
side of berries pressed against the edge.  Arrange remaining berries to
fit inside pan with tips pointing up.  To make the filling, sprinkle
gelatin over cold water in a small  saucepan. Allow to soften for 5
minutes. Heat gently until dissolved.  In medium saucepan, beat 4 egg
yolks with 1/2 cup/125 mL granulated  sugar until light. Beat in lemon
juice and peel. Cook, stirring  constantly, until mixture thickens and
just comes to the boil. Stir  in dissolved gelatin. Cool.  In large
bowl, beat cream cheese with with remaining 1/4 cup/50 mL  granulated
sugar. Beat in cool lemon cream.  In separate bowl, beat whipping cream
until light. Fold into lemon  cream. Pour over berries. Shake pan
gently so lemon mixture falls  between berries and top is even.
Refrigerate for 3 to 4 hours, or  until set. Run knife around edge of
pan and remove sides. Place cake  on serving platter. (Remove
springform bottom only if it comes away  easily.)  Arrange 1 inch/2.5
cm strips of waxed paper on top of the cake,  leaving spaces in
between. Sprinkle spaces with pistachio nuts.  Remove paper carefully.
Leave hulls on reserved berries and cut in  half. Arrange berries in
rows along empty strips. Dust with icing  sugar. Refrigerate until
ready to serve.  Converted by MC_Buster.  NOTES : This beautiful cake
can be a highlight on a dessert table. The  recipe, from Bonnie Stern's
revised Desserts book, yields 10 to 12  servings.  Converted by
MM_Buster v2.0l.

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