Molten Chocolate Cheesecake
- Chocolate Ganache
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 3 Tbsp. light corn syrup
- 2 Tbsp. water
- 8 squares BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, finely chopped
- OREO Crust
- 2/3 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 qt. OREO Base Cake
- Chocolate Cheesecake
- 1 loaf PHILADELPHIA Original Cream Cheese, softened
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 6 Tbsp. cornstarch
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 6 each whole eggs
- 2 each egg yolks
- 16 squares BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted, cooled
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1-1/2 cups fresh raspberries
- Trial Recipe Florentine Cookies with OREO
- Chocolate Ganache: Bring cream, butter, corn syrup and water to boil in saucepan.
- Pour over chocolate in bowl; stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended.
- Cool to room temperature.
- Refrigerate until thickened.
- Scoop into 22 balls (or into 11 balls for trial recipe) using a #40 scoop.
- Freeze until ready to use.
- OREO Crust: Place 22 (3-inch) baking rings (or 11 baking rings for trial recipe) in sheet pans sprayed with cooking spray.
- Spray baking rings with additional cooking spray.
- Mix ingredients until well blended; press 3 Tbsp.
- onto bottom of each baking ring.
- Bake in 325 degrees F convection oven 5 min.
- Cool while preparing Chocolate Cheesecake.
- Chocolate Cheesecake: Fill full-hotel pan with water; place on lowest rack of convection oven.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Beat cream cheese in 12-qt.
- bowl of mixer fitted with paddle attachment until creamy.
- Add combined sugar and cornstarch, and heavy cream.
- Beat 1 min.
- or until well blended, stopping occasionally to scrape bottom and side of bowl.
- Gradually beat in whole eggs and yolks, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended.
- Add chocolate and vanilla; mix just until blended.
- Use #6 scoop to portion batter over crusts.
- Press 1 frozen ganache ball into batter in each ring, completely covering ball with batter.
- Bake cheesecakes 25 to 30 min.
- or just until centers are almost set.
- Cool in rings 1 hour before running knife around rings to loosen cakes.
- Cool cheesecakes slightly.
- For each serving: Place 1 Chocolate Cheesecake on serving plate.
- Garnish plate with about 4 raspberries.
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Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/molten-chocolate-cheesecake-121756.aspx (may not work)