Chocolate Caramel Cheesecake

Name: Chocolate Caramel Cheesecake
Prep time: 3 d 3 h
Cook time: 3 d 3 h
Total time: 3 d 3 h
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), chopped; 680 grams packages cream cheese, softened; 4 larges eggs; 177 milliliters heavy cream; 118 milliliters sour cream; 237 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla

One portion of this dish contains approximately 8g of protein, 43g of fat, and a total of 552 calories. This recipe serves 10. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 75 hours. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet. A mixture of cream, vanilla, heavy cream, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty.

Instructions

Make crumb crust as directed in separate recipe, using chocolate wafer cookies instead of graham crackers.

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Chocolate Wafer Cookies

Graham Crackers

Crust

Preheat oven to 350°F.

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Oven

Cook sugar in a dry heavy saucepan over moderately low heat, stirring slowly with a fork, until melted and pale golden. Cook caramel without stirring, swirling pan, until deep golden.

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Caramel

Sugar

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Sauce Pan

Frying Pan

Remove from heat and carefully add heavy cream (mixture will vigorously steam and caramel will harden). Cook over moderately low heat, stirring, until caramel is dissolved.

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Heavy Cream

Caramel

Remove from heat and whisk in chocolate until smooth. Stir in sour cream.

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Sour Cream

Chocolate

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Whisk

Beat cream cheese with an electric mixer until fluffy, then beat in chocolate mixture on low speed. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, then vanilla, beating on low speed until each ingredient is incorporated and scraping down bowl between additions.

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Cream Cheese

Chocolate

Vanilla

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Put springform pan with crust in a shallow baking pan.

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Crust

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Springform Pan

Baking Pan

Pour filling into crust and bake in baking pan (to catch drips) in middle of oven 55 minutes, or until cake is set 3 inches from edge but center is still slightly wobbly when pan is gently shaken.

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Crust

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Baking Pan

Oven

Run a knife around top edge of cake to loosen and cool completely in springform pan on a rack. (Cake will continue to set as it cools.) Chill cake, loosely covered, at least 6 hours.

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Springform Pan

Knife