Guinness® and Chocolate Cheesecake

Name: Guinness® and Chocolate Cheesecake
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters butter, softened; 237 milliliters crushed chocolate cookies; 680 grams packages cream cheese, softened; 3 eggs; 2 Tbsps heavy cream; 1 pinch salt; 28 grams semisweet chocolate; 227 grams semisweet chocolate chips; 237 milliliters sour cream; 177 milliliters Irish stout beer (e.g. Guinness®); 0 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 237 milliliters white sugar

Guinness® and Chocolate Cheesecake requires approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 786 calories, 11g of protein, and 58g of fat. It will be a hit at your st. patrick day event. Head to the store and pick up semisweet chocolate, chocolate cookies, irish stout beer, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare a 9 inch springform pan with butter.

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Butter

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Springform Pan

Oven

Combine the crushed cookies, butter, 2 tablespoons sugar, and cocoa in a small bowl; mix; press into the bottom of the prepared springform pan.

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Butter

Cocoa Powder

Sugar

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Springform Pan

Bowl

Place the cream cheese in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer set to low speed until smooth. While beating, slowly add 1 cup sugar and then the eggs, one at a time. Continue beating until smooth.

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Cream Cheese

Sugar

Egg

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Hand Mixer

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Combine the chocolate chips and heavy cream in a microwave-safe bowl.

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Chocolate Chips

Heavy Cream

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Microwave

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Heat in the microwave until the chocolate is completely melted, stirring every 30 seconds. Beat the chocolate into the cream cheese mixture.

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Cream Cheese

Chocolate

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Add the sour cream, salt, beer, and vanilla; blend until smooth.

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Sour Cream

Vanilla

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Pour the mixture over the crust.

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Crust

Place the pan into a large, deep baking dish. Fill the dish with water to cover the bottom half of the springform pan.

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Water

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Springform Pan

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Bake the cheesecake in the water bath in the preheated oven for 45 minutes; turn oven off; leave the cheesecake in the oven with oven door slightly ajar another 45 minutes; remove from oven. Run a knife along the edge of the cheesecake to loosen from pan. Chill in refrigerator at least 4 hours.

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Water

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Oven

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Frying Pan

Melt the semisweet chocolate in a small bowl using the microwave. Make chocolate clovers by dropping 3 small drops of melted chocolate close to one another on waxed paper. Drag a toothpick from between two dots outward to make the stem; chill until hardened. Arrange the chocolate clovers on top of the chilled cheesecake for decoration.

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Semisweet Chocolate