Chocolate Hazelnut Cheesecake - ★Cooking Recipes★

Directions for: Chocolate Hazelnut Cheesecake

Ingredients

Crust

1 cup graham cracker crumbs

cup ground hazelnuts

cup light brown sugar, packed

cup unsalted butter, melted

tsp vanilla extract

Filling

2 cup whipping cream

6 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped

1 lb(s) cream cheese at room temperature

cup sugar

1 Tbsp cornstarch

cup hazelnut liqueur

2 large eggs, at room temperature

cocoa powder, for dusting

whole, toasted and peeled hazelnuts, for garnish

Directions

Crust

1. For crust, preheat oven to 350F and grease a 9-inch springform pan. Pulse graham crumbs, hazelnuts and brown sugar in a food processor.

2. Add melted butter and vanilla extract and pulse until an even texture. Press into bottom of prepared pan and bake for 7 minutes. Allow to cool while preparing filling.

Filling

1. For filling, reduce oven temperature to 325F. Heat cream to just below a simmer. Pour hot cream over chopped chocolate and whisk gently until smooth and set aside.

2. In a bowl using electric beaters or with a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat cream cheese until fluffy, scraping the sides of the bowl often. While beating, slowly pour in sugar, again scraping the bowl often.

3. Beat in cornstarch. By this time the filling should be looking a little more fluid. Slowly pour in hazelnut liqueur and beat in eggs, one at a time. Pour chocolate mixture into cheesecake filling and blend well.

4. Scrape filling into pan and bake for 30 minutes. Without opening the oven door, turn off the oven and leave cheesecake in another 30 minutes. Remove, let cool to room temperature, then chill overnight.

5. To serve, remove cheesecake from pan, dust top of cheesecake with cocoa powder and decorate with hazelnuts.

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