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Sweet & Spicy Sauce: Add juices and squeezed fruit halves to large saucepan.
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Add all remaining ingredients except honey.
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Bring to boil on medium heat, stirring frequently; simmer 10 min.
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Stir in honey.
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Return to boil; cook 1 min.
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Cool to room temperature.
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Strain sauce; discard citrus halves.
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Refrigerate sauce until ready to use.
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Cheesecake: Mix graham crumbs, butter, 3/4 cup sugar (or 3 Tbsp.
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sugar for trial recipe) and five-spice powder.
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Press onto bottoms of 4 foil-lined half-steam table pans (or onto bottom of 1 foil-lined half-steam table pan for trial recipe).
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Set aside while preparing filling.
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Beat cream cheese, remaining 1 qt.
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sugar (or remaining 1 cup sugar for trial recipe), flour and vanilla in 12-qt.
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bowl (or in 6-qt.
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bowl for trial recipe) of mixer fitted with paddle attachment 1 min.
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Scrape paddle, side and bottom of bowl.
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Beat an additional 1 min.
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Blend in sour cream on low speed just until combined.
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Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing after each addition just until blended.
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Pour evenly over crusts.
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Bake in 300 degrees F-convection oven 25 to 27 min.
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or until centers are almost set, rotating pans after 15 min.
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; cool completely.
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Refrigerate several hours or overnight.
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Bundles: Remove Cheesecakes from pans.
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Trim and discard 1/4-inch-wide piece from each side; cut each trimmed cheesecake into 35 rectangles.
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Stack 5 phyllo squares for each bundle, brushing every other sheet with butter and drizzling 1/2 tsp.
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Sweet & Spicy Sauce between each layer.
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Brush top with butter.
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Place cheesecake piece in center of phyllo; drizzle with 1/2 tsp.
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Sweet & Spicy Sauce.
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Fold 1 corner of phyllo square over cheesecake, then fold 2 opposite sides of phyllo over cheesecake.
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Lightly brush edges of unfolded corner with water before folding over cheesecake.
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Press seams together lightly to seal.
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Place, seam-sides down, in single layer in parchment paper-lined sheet pans.
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Refrigerate 1 hour.
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Brush bundles with remaining butter.
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Bake in 400 degrees F-convection oven 6 to 8 min.
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or until lightly browned.
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Drizzle each with 1/2 tsp.
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Sweet & Spicy Sauce.
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Serve warm with 1 Tbsp.
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Sweet & Sour Sauce served with each bundle for dipping.
