Death By Chocolate Cheesecake
From midgelet 8 years agoIngredients
- Crust shopping list
- 24 chocolate wafer cookies (from one 9-ounce package) shopping list
- 1 tablespoon sugar shopping list
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted shopping list
- Filling shopping list
- 1 9.7-ounce bar Scharffen Berger 70% cocoa bittersweet chocolate, chopped shopping list
- 4 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature shopping list
- 1 1/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar shopping list
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (preferably Scharffen Berger) shopping list
- 4 large eggs shopping list
- Topping shopping list
- 3/4 cup whipping cream shopping list
- 6 ounces Scharffen Berger 70% cocoa bittersweet chocolate, chopped shopping list
- 1 tablespoon sugar shopping list
- bittersweet chocolate curls shopping list
- Note re chocolate: shopping list
- If Scharffen Berger unavailable, substitute another high-quality bittersweet chocolate. shopping list
How to make it
- For crust: I only used the crumbs to coated the buttered pan but one can follow instructions for the baked crust below:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 3-inch-high sides. Blend cookies in processor until finely ground; blend in sugar. Add melted butter and process until well blended. Press crumbs evenly onto bottom (not sides) of prepared pan. Bake just until set, about 5 minutes. Cool while preparing filling. Maintain oven temperature.
- For filling:
- Stir chopped chocolate in metal bowl set over saucepan of simmering water until melted and smooth. Remove bowl from over water; cool chocolate until lukewarm but still pourable. Blend cream cheese, sugar, and cocoa powder in processor until smooth. Blend in eggs 1 at a time. Mix in lukewarm chocolate. Pour filling over crust; smooth top. Bake until center is just set and just appears dry, about 1 hour. Cool 5 minutes. Run knife around sides of cake to loosen. Chill overnight.
- For topping:
- Stir cream, 6 ounces chocolate, and sugar in heavy medium saucepan over low heat until smooth. Cool slightly. Pour over center of cheesecake, spreading toI simple used the crumbs to coat the pan but you can make the crust as below if desired. within 1/2 inch of edge and filling any cracks.
- Chill until topping is set, about 1 hour. Do ahead: Can be made 3 days ahead. Cover with foil and keep refrigerated.
- Release pan sides. Transfer cheesecake to platter. Top with chocolate curls. Let stand 2 hours at room temperature before serving.
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