Heavenly Chipped Chocolate and Hazelnut Cheesecake

Name: Heavenly Chipped Chocolate and Hazelnut Cheesecake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps butter, melted; 680 grams packages cream cheese, softened; 3 eggs, beaten; 177 milliliters toasted, ground hazelnuts; 1 Tbsp hazelnut liqueur; 473 milliliters semisweet chocolate chips; 13 skinned, toasted hazelnuts; 4 Tbsps sour cream; 355 milliliters vanilla wafer crumbs; 237 milliliters white sugar

Heavenly Chipped Chocolate and Hazelnut Cheesecake requires about 15 minutes from start to finish. One serving contains 1130 calories, 19g of protein, and 64g of fat. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of butter, cream, eggs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful.

Instructions

Using a blender or a food processor, finely chop 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips.

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Semisweet Chocolate Chips

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Food Processor

Blender

Place in a small mixing bowl.

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Mixing Bowl

Add vanilla wafer crumbs, ground hazelnuts, 2 tablespoons white sugar, and melted butter or margarine.

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Hazelnut Meal

Granulated Sugar

Butter

Vanilla

Wafer

Mix until well combined. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of a 9 inch springform pan.

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Springform Pan

Bake in a preheated 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) oven for 15 minutes. Cool.

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Oven

In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually add 1 cup white sugar; mix well.

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Cream Cheese

Granulated Sugar

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Bowl

Add the eggs and 3 tablespoons liqueur.

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Liqueur

Egg

Mix until well blended. Coarsely chop 1 cup of the semisweet chocolate chips, and add to the cream cheese mixture. Stir.

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Semisweet Chocolate Chips

Cream Cheese

Pour batter into the cooled crust.

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Crust

Bake at in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 1 hour.

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Oven

Let cake cool for 1 hour.

Remove outer ring from pan. Then let cool completely.

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Frying Pan

Melt 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips over hot (not boiling) water. Stir until smooth. Dip 13 hazelnuts into the chocolate, covering one-half of each nut. Shake off the excess chocolate.

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Semisweet Chocolate Chips

Chocolate