Irish Cream and Chocolate Cheesecake
- 1-2/3 cup chocolate wafers, crushed
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 2 env. unflavored gelatin
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 tbsp. instant coffee granules
- 2 cups milk
- 4 eggs, separated
- 1/3 cup Irish cream liqueur
- 1 lb. cream cheese
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 4 oz. semisweet chocolate
- Crust: In bowl, combine wafers and butter.
- Press into 13x9-inch glass baking dish.
- Refrigerate.
- Filling: In saucepan, cook gelatin, salt, coffee and milk, stirring constantly, over medium heat until hot and coffee is dissolved.
- Reduce heat.
- Stir a little coffee mixture into egg yolks, then pour eggmixture back into saucepan.
- Cook, stirring frequently, until mixture thickens slightly, 4-5 minutes.
- Remove from heat and add liqueur.
- Using electric mixer or food processor, blend cream cheese and 1/4 cup of the sugar until smooth.
- Slowly blend coffee mixture into cream cheese.
- Chill, stirring occasionally, until consistency of raw egg whites, about 1 to 1-1/2 hours.
- Meanwhile, melt chocolate in doubleboiler over hot water.
- Let cool.
- Beat egg whites until soft peaks form.
- Gradually add remaining sugar and beat until stiff peaks form.
- Gently fold egg whites into coffee mixture.
- Transfer 1-1/2 cups of coffee mixture to small bowl and fold in chocolate.
- Using large spoon, alternately spoon two mixtures over chocolate crust.
- Use knife to swirl chocolate through.
chocolate wafers, butter, unflavored gelatin, salt, coffee granules, milk, eggs, irish cream liqueur, cream cheese, granulated sugar, semisweet chocolate
Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/2447 (may not work)