Chocolate-Frangelico Cheesecake
- 20 chocolate-covered graham cracker cookies
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 8-ounce packages cream cheese, room temperature
- 2/3 cup plus 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 5 teaspoons cornstarch
- 3 large eggs
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup Frangelico (hazelnut liqueur)
- 1/3 cup almonds, toasted, chopped
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 4 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 425F.
- Wrap foil tightly around outside of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides.
- Finely grind graham cracker cookies in processor.
- Add butter and process until blended.
- Press mixture onto bottom (not sides) of prepared pan.
- Set aside.
- Blend cream cheese, 2/3 cup sugar, sour cream and cornstarch in processor.
- Add eggs, yolk and vanilla; process until well blended, scraping down sides of processor occasionally.
- Transfer 3/4 cup cream cheese mixture to small bowl; set aside.
- Add Frangelico, almonds and almond extract to remaining cream cheese mixture in processor.
- Blend well, using on/off turns.
- Spoon 2 1/2 cups Frangelico mixture over crust.
- Mix cocoa powder and 3 tablespoons sugar into reserved 3/4 cup cream cheese mixture.
- Spoon 2/3 cup cocoa mixture over Frangelico mixture in pan.
- Spoon remaining Frangelico mixture over cocoa mixture.
- Drop remaining cocoa mixture over by spoonfuls.
- Run tip of small knife through batter several times to marbleize.
- Bake cheesecake 10 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 325F and bake cake until sides are puffed and center is set, about 45 minutes.
- Transfer cake to rack.
- Using small knife, cut around sides of pan to loosen cake.
- Cool cake completely in pan.
- Cover; chill overnight.
- Remove pan sides from cake.
- Cut into wedges and serve.
chocolate, unsalted butter, cream cheese, sugar, sour cream, cornstarch, eggs, egg yolk, vanilla, frangelico, almonds, almond, cocoa
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/chocolate-frangelico-cheesecake-5149 (may not work)