Chocolate & Honey Cheesecake ( Italian)
- Crust
- 1 3/4 cups vanilla wafer crumbs (I use animal cookie crumbs)
- 1/3 cup melted unsalted butter
- Filling
- 24 ounces ricotta cheese
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 large eggs
- 2/3 cup heavy whipping cream
- 8 ounces Toblerone chocolate bars, broken in pieces
- Topping
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 cup granola cereal
- powdered icing sugar, for dusting
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease a 9 inch spring form pan.
- To make crust, melt butter and combine with crumbs, prees onto bottom of pan.
- To prepare filling: Beat ricotta cheese, honey, and eggs in a medium bowl, until smooth.
- Bring whipping cream to a low boil in a saucepot.
- Remove from heat and stir in the chocolate until melted.
- Cool slightly.
- Blend into cheese mixture.
- Spoon into prepared pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.
- Remove and prepare topping.
- Melt honey over low heat, and then remove and stir in the granola.
- Spread on the partially baked cake.
- Return to oven and bake the last 15 minutes.
- Total baking time should be 45 minutes.
- Remove from oven to a wire rack.
- Cool completely before removing sides.
- Wrap and chill.
- Makes 12 servings.
crust, vanilla wafer crumbs, butter, filling, ricotta cheese, honey, eggs, heavy whipping cream, chocolate, topping, honey, granola cereal, powdered icing sugar
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-honey-cheesecake-italian-85401 (may not work)