Black Forest Cherry Cheesecake

Name: Black Forest Cherry Cheesecake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 315 milliliters chocolate graham cracker crumbs (about 9 1/2 cookie sheets); 2 teaspoons cornstarch; 227 grams block fat-free cream cheese, softened; 227 grams block 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened; 1 large egg white; 2 larges eggs; 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice; 118 milliliters semisweet chocolate minichips; 237 milliliters fat-free sour cream; 1 Tbsp butter or stick margarine, melted; 59 milliliters sugar; 296 milliliters sugar; 473 milliliters pitted dark sweet cherries; 36 dark sweet cherries, pitted and halved; 118 milliliters fat-free sweetened condensed milk; 3 Tbsps unsweetened cocoa; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

This recipe serves 16. One portion of this dish contains roughly 8g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 291 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. If you have eggs, lemon juice, cocoa, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

To prepare the cherry topping, place 2 cups cherries in a blender or food processor, and process until smooth.

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Cherries

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Food Processor

Blender

Combine the pureed cherries, 1/4 cup sugar, lemon juice, and cornstarch in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.

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Lemon Juice

Corn Starch

Cherries

Sugar

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Sauce Pan

Pour cherry topping into a bowl; cover and chill.

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Cherries

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Bowl

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

To prepare the crust, combine crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar, butter, and egg white in a bowl; toss with a fork until well-blended. Press crumb mixture into the bottom of a 10-inch springform pan coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Egg Whites

Butter

Crust

Sugar

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Springform Pan

Bowl

Bake at 350 for 10 minutes; cool on a wire rack. Reduce oven temperature to 30

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Wire Rack

Oven

To prepare the filling, combine sour cream, milk, and cheeses in a large bowl. Beat at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended.

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Sour Cream

Milk

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Blender

Bowl

Add 1 1/4 cups sugar, cocoa, vanilla, and eggs; beat well. Stir in minichips.

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Vanilla

Cocoa Powder

Sugar

Egg

Pour cheese mixture into prepared pan.

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Cheese

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Frying Pan

Bake at 300 for 50 minutes or until almost set (center will not be firm, but will set up as it chills). Turn oven off; cool cheesecake in closed oven 40 minutes.

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Oven

Remove from oven; cool on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Spread cherry topping over cheesecake. Top with cherry halves. Cover and chill 8 hours.

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Cherries

Spread