Our favorite cheese cake

Preheat oven to 375F.

Mix the following ingredients and press on bottom and up the sides of a spring form pan (9 or 10 inch):
1 3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup coarsely chopped pistachios
1 stick butter, melted

For the filling, you need:
3 eggs
2 packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 vanilla bean, scraped
1 tsp almond extract
3 cups sour cream

Beat cream cheese until smooth, then cream with the sugar.  Add vanilla, vanilla bean scrapings, and almond extract.  Add eggs and beat until very smooth.  Blend in the sour cream and pour into crust.

Bake for 35 minutes.  The filling will still look soft.  Remove from oven, cool, and then refrigerate - 5 or 6 hours, or overnight.  Remove from pan, and serve.