Cheesecake With Chocolate And Speculoos

• 2 1/2 cups speculoos cookies
• 4 1/4 tablespoons butter melted and cooled
• 4 eggs
• 2 3/4 tablespoons sugar
• 4 2/3 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 7/8 cup dark chocolate
• 1 teaspoon vanilla powder
• 4 2/3 cups fromage blanc or plain yogurt
• 7/8 cup cream cheese
• 1 15/16 cups mascarpone cheese
• 1 3/16 cups dark chocolate
• cream 20 cl.

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
2. Crust Preparation:
3. Place the cookies in a plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin.
4. In a bowl, add the crumbled cookies and butter and mix.
5. Line the bottom of a springform pan with parchment paper and cover the bottom with the speculoos/butter mixture.
6. Press down using a spoon.
7. Bake for 15 minutes.
8. Filling Preparation:
9. In the food processor, mix the eggs and sugars.
10. Add the vanilla powder.
11. Melt the chocolate and add to the egg and sugar mixture.
12. Stir in the yogurt, mascarpone cheese, and cream cheese and mix until smooth.
13. Pour this mixture on top of the speculoos base.
14. Bake for 10 minutes at 180 C then lower the oven temperature to 110 C and bake for 2 hours.
15. Remove from oven and let cool.
16. Topping Preparation:
17. Break the dark chocolate in a saucepan and add the cream. Melt the chocolate on low heat.
18. Once melted, remove from heat and wait until the mixture is lukewarm.
19. Pour the lukewarm mixture on top the cheesecake. Spread evenly with a spatula or the back of a spoon.
20. Refrigerate for several hours. Ideally, this should be prepared the day before.
21. Remove the cheesecake from the refrigerator a few minutes before serving.

speculoos cookies, butter, eggs, sugar, powdered sugar, dark chocolate, vanilla powder, fromage blanc, cream cheese, mascarpone cheese, dark chocolate, cream

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Cheesecake-with-Chocolate-and-Speculoos-2045921 (may not work)