Mom'S Chocolate Cheesecake
- CRUST
- 1 1/2 cups cookie crumbs
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- FILLING
- 4 eggs (separated)
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 12 oz. semisweet chocolate
- 1/2 cup strong coffee or espresso
- 1 tsp vanilla
- dash salt
- 1 lb.cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- Preheat oven to 350. Stir butter into crumbs and press on to the bottom and sides of a well-buttered 9 inch spring form pan. Chill.
- Melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler over hot (but not boiling) water. Stir in coffee, vanilla and salt. Beat in softened cream cheese a chunk at a time. Continue to beat until smooth. Let cool for 5 minutes.
- Beat the egg whites with 1/3 cup of sugar until stiff but not dry. Beat yolks with 1/3 cup of sugar until thick and lemon colored. Slowly add cooled chocolate/cheese mixture to yolks. Fold in whites and pour into the chilled shell. Bake for 1 hour or until set. Turn off oven, open oven door and let cool in oven. To serve garnish with sweetened whipped cream and chocolate curls.
cookie crumbs, butter, filling, eggs, sugar, semisweet chocolate, coffee, vanilla, salt, lbcream cheese
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/moms-chocolate-cheesecake-50126242 (may not work)