i made dis :D
It has a chocolate cookie crust, ganache rosettes, chocolate shavings, and a dusting of edible gold.
Recipe:
Double Chocolate Cheesecake
Makes one cheesecake
For crust:
Chocolate cookies ½ lb (you could make your own, or use something like chocolate wafers)
Butter, melted bout 1/3 a stick of butter
Method:
1. Finely grind the cookies in a food processer.
2. Add melted butter and press in a prepared 10” cake pan that has a paper liner on the bottom
3. Chill.
Filling:
Heavy Cream 1 ½ c
Chocolate (dark) 1lb
Cream cheese, room temp 1lb
Sugar 3/4 c
Cornstarch 1 ½ tablespoons
Sour Cream 1c
Vanilla extract 2tsp
Eggs 3 each
Method:
1. Chop chocolate into small pieces.
2. Place the cream into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add chocolate, stir until the chocolate melts. Cool.
3. Combine sugar and cornstarch. In a mixing bowl with a paddle attachment, paddle the cream cheese and sugar until all lumps are gone.
4. Add sour cream and vanilla
5. Add the eggs 2 at a time, scraping well between each addition.
6. Wisk 1 cup of the cream cheese mixture into the chocolate mixture.
7. Return chocolate mixture to the rest of the cream cheese mixture and paddle until smooth.
8. Pour the batter over the crust and place on a sheet pan or baking pan with deep sides.
9. Pour water into sheet pan and bake at least 1 hour at 350˚F
10. Remove from water bath and chill completely.
11. To remove from pan, find plate or round piece of cardboard that will fit in the pan cover it with saran wrap. Run a knife around the edge and heat the bottom of the pan slightly on the stove. Invert onto the wrapped plate and then immediately revert it onto the another plate.
For a fancy presentation:
Ganache:
Chocolate (dark) 6oz
Heavy cream 6oz
Method:
1. Chop the chocolate into small pieces.
2. Heat the cream until it boils and remove from heat.
3. Add the chocolate to the cream and stir until the chocolate completely melts.
4. Cool slightly. Still should be pourable.
5. Cover the top of the cheesecake with the ganache and freeze for 2 hours to solidify.
6. The rest of the presentation is up to you :D
7. Thaw when done and keep refrigerated.
I finished mine with score marks, ganache rosettes, chocolate shavings, and edible gold.
It has a chocolate cookie crust, ganache rosettes, chocolate shavings, and a dusting of edible gold.
Recipe:
Double Chocolate Cheesecake
Makes one cheesecake
For crust:
Chocolate cookies ½ lb (you could make your own, or use something like chocolate wafers)
Butter, melted bout 1/3 a stick of butter
Method:
1. Finely grind the cookies in a food processer.
2. Add melted butter and press in a prepared 10” cake pan that has a paper liner on the bottom
3. Chill.
Filling:
Heavy Cream 1 ½ c
Chocolate (dark) 1lb
Cream cheese, room temp 1lb
Sugar 3/4 c
Cornstarch 1 ½ tablespoons
Sour Cream 1c
Vanilla extract 2tsp
Eggs 3 each
Method:
1. Chop chocolate into small pieces.
2. Place the cream into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add chocolate, stir until the chocolate melts. Cool.
3. Combine sugar and cornstarch. In a mixing bowl with a paddle attachment, paddle the cream cheese and sugar until all lumps are gone.
4. Add sour cream and vanilla
5. Add the eggs 2 at a time, scraping well between each addition.
6. Wisk 1 cup of the cream cheese mixture into the chocolate mixture.
7. Return chocolate mixture to the rest of the cream cheese mixture and paddle until smooth.
8. Pour the batter over the crust and place on a sheet pan or baking pan with deep sides.
9. Pour water into sheet pan and bake at least 1 hour at 350˚F
10. Remove from water bath and chill completely.
11. To remove from pan, find plate or round piece of cardboard that will fit in the pan cover it with saran wrap. Run a knife around the edge and heat the bottom of the pan slightly on the stove. Invert onto the wrapped plate and then immediately revert it onto the another plate.
For a fancy presentation:
Ganache:
Chocolate (dark) 6oz
Heavy cream 6oz
Method:
1. Chop the chocolate into small pieces.
2. Heat the cream until it boils and remove from heat.
3. Add the chocolate to the cream and stir until the chocolate completely melts.
4. Cool slightly. Still should be pourable.
5. Cover the top of the cheesecake with the ganache and freeze for 2 hours to solidify.
6. The rest of the presentation is up to you :D
7. Thaw when done and keep refrigerated.
I finished mine with score marks, ganache rosettes, chocolate shavings, and edible gold.
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