Deep Dark Chocolate Cheesecake

Name: Deep Dark Chocolate Cheesecake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 170 grams Scharffen Berger 70% Cocoa Bittersweet Chocolate,* chopped; 59 milliliters (1/2 stick) butter, melted; 12 servings Bittersweet chocolate curls; 24 chocolate wafer cookies (from one 9-ounce package); 907 grams packages cream cheese, room temperature; 275 grams bar Scharffen Berger 70% Cocoa Bittersweet Chocolate,* chopped; 4 larges eggs; 1 Tbsp sugar; 59 milliliters unsweetened cocoa powder (preferably Scharffen Berger); 177 milliliters whipping cream

One portion of this dish contains approximately 11g of protein, 54g of fat, and a total of 650 calories. This recipe serves 12. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up scharffen berger cocoa bittersweet chocolate, eggs, whipping cream, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

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.

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Butter

Sugar

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Oven

Add melted butter and process until well blended. Press crumbs evenly onto bottom (not sides) of prepared pan.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Bake just until set, about 5 minutes. Cool while preparing filling. Maintain oven temperature.

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Oven

Stir chopped chocolate in metal bowl set over saucepan of simmering water until melted and smooth.

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Chocolate

Water

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Sauce Pan

Bowl

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.

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Cocoa Powder

Cream Cheese

Chocolate

Sugar

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Egg

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Bowl

Mix in lukewarm chocolate.

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Chocolate

Pour filling over crust; smooth top.

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Crust

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.

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Stir cream, 6 ounces chocolate, and sugar in heavy medium saucepan over low heat until smooth. Cool slightly.

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Chocolate

Cream

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Sauce Pan

Pour over center of cheesecake, spreading to 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.

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Aluminum Foil