Brownie-Bottom Lemon Cheesecake

Name: Brownie-Bottom Lemon Cheesecake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps all purpose flour; 85 grams bittersweet chocolate (54% to 60% cacao), chopped; 12 servings Bittersweet chocolate curls or shavings; 1 kilograms packages cream cheese, room temperature; 1 large egg; 2 larges egg yolks; 5 larges eggs; 59 milliliters (packed) golden brown sugar; 59 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 1 lemon, halved lengthwise, thinly sliced crosswise; 4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice; 1 Tbsp finely grated lemon peel; 0 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters sour cream; 769 milliliters sugar; 59 milliliters (1/2 stick) unsalted butter; 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract

Brownie-Bottom Lemon Cheesecake requires approximately 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 10g of protein, 48g of fat, and a total of 735 calories. This recipe serves 12. Head to the store and pick up salt, sugar, cocoa powder, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray insideof 9-inch-diameter springform pan with2 3/4-inch-to 3-inch-high sides with nonstickspray.

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Whisk flour, cocoa, and salt in smallbowl; set aside.

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Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Combine chocolate andbutter in medium metal bowl; place bowlover saucepan of simmering water and stiruntil melted and smooth.

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Chocolate

Water

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Sauce Pan

Bowl

Remove bowl fromover water.

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Water

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Add both sugars to chocolatemixture and whisk until blended.

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Whisk

Let cooluntil mixture is barely lukewarm, about10 minutes.

Whisk egg and vanilla intochocolate mixture. Fold flour mixture intochocolate mixture.

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Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Egg

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Whisk

Spread brownie batterevenly over bottom of prepared pan.

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Spread

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Bake brownie crust until top looksslightly cracked and tester inserted intocenter comes out with some moist crumbsattached, about 20 minutes.

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Crust

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Oven

Transfer pan torack; cool crust to room temperature, about30 minutes. Maintain oven temperature.

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Crust

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Place pan with cooled cruston rimmed baking sheet. Using electricmixer, beat cream cheese in large bowl untilsmooth.

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Cream Cheese

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Bowl

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Add sugar, flour, lemon peel, andlemon juice; beat until smooth.

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Lemon Peel

All Purpose Flour

Juice

Sugar

Add eggsand yolks, 1 at a time, beating just untilincorporated after each addition. Beat in 1/2cup sour cream and whipping cream.

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Whipping Cream

Sour Cream

Egg Yolk

Pourfilling over brownie crust in pan; smooth top.

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Crust

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Bake cake until puffed, light golden,and set around edges (center will still moveslightly when pan is gently shaken), about1 hour 20 minutes.

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Oven

Frying Pan

Remove cake from oven.Maintain oven temperature.

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Spoon 1 cup sour cream indollops over top of cake, then spread evenlyover top with offset spatula. Return cake tooven and bake 5 minutes. Run small sharpknife around sides of cake to loosen.

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Sour Cream

Spread

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