Individual Orange and Chocolate Cheesecakes

Name: Individual Orange and Chocolate Cheesecakes
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps butter, melted; 6 servings Butter, for greasing; 79 milliliters finely crushed chocolate wafers; 57 grams cream cheese; 1 egg; 1 orange, zested; 59 milliliters ricotta cheese; 59 milliliters sugar, plus 2 tablespoons

Individual Orange and Chocolate Cheesecakes requires around 1 hour and 45 minutes from start to finish. One serving contains 166 calories, 3g of protein, and 13g of fat. This recipe serves 6. Head to the store and pick up butter, butter, sugar, and a few other things to make it today. 28 people found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying.

Instructions

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Special equipment: Mini muffin tin

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Mini Muffin Tray

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Combine the crushed chocolate wafers and the melted butter.

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Chocolate Wafer Cookies

Butter

Place a tightly packed teaspoon of the wafer mixture into each mini-muffin cup and press down firmly.

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Wafer

In a food processor combine the ricotta cheese, cream cheese, 1/4 cup of the sugar, half of the orange zest, and the egg. Blend until smooth. Lightly grease the sides of the mini muffin tin with butter. Fill the cups with about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the cheesecake mixture.

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Ricotta Cheese

Cream Cheese

Orange Zest

Butter

Sugar

Egg

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Mini Muffin Tray

Food Processor

Place the mini muffin tin in a baking dish and pour enough hot water in the baking dish to come halfway up the sides of the mini muffin tin.

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Water

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Mini Muffin Tray

Baking Pan

Bake for 25 minutes.

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Oven

Transfer the mini muffin tin to a wire rack and let cool for 30 minutes. Refrigerate for 15 minutes. Use a small knife to gently pop the cheesecakes out of the cups.

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Pop

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Mini Muffin Tray

Wire Rack

Knife

Just before serving, combine the remaining orange zest with the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar. Top each individual cheesecake with about 1/4 teaspoon of the orange zest mixture and serve.

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Orange Zest

Sugar