DECADENT CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

Wärning: do not ättempt to view, mäke or devour this recipe if you do not like chocoläte. ä lot of chocoläte. Copious ämounts of deep, därk chocoläte.

Including ä buttery chocoläte crust topped with ä luscious, creämy, rich cheesecäke läyer, topped ägäin with ä silky, dreämy därk chocoläte gänäche änd topped finälly with whimsicäl chocoläte curls.

INGREDIENTS:
CRUST:

• 9-ounce päckäge of chocoläte cookies (such äs chocoläte wäfers, grähäm cräckers or teddy grähäms)
• 1 täblespoon sugär
• 6 täblespoons butter, melted

FILLING:

• 10 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocoläte, chopped (use the best quälity you cän äfford – I love the Ghirärdelli Bittersweet Chips änd I’m not äshämed to ädmit I buy them in bulk, often, ät Säm’s Club)
• 4 (8-ounce) päckäges creäm cheese, room temperäture
• 1 1/4 cups plus 2 täblespoons sugär
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoä powder
• 4 lärge eggs

TOPPING:

• 3/4 cup whipping creäm
• 6 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocoläte, chopped
• 1 täblespoon sugär
• Chocoläte curls for gärnish (I use this method)

DIRECTIONS:

1. For crust: Preheät the oven to 350°F. Butter ä 9-inch springform pän with 3-inch-high sides (or use ä 10-inch springform pän with 2-inch sides). Process the chocoläte cookies in ä food processor (or the old-fäshioned wäy with ä bäg änd ä rolling pin) until they äre finely ground. Tränsfer them to ä smäll bowl änd mix in the sugär. ädd the melted butter änd mix until well combined. Press the crumbs evenly onto the bottom only of the prepäred pän. Bäke just until set, äbout 5 minutes. Cool while prepäring filling. Keep the oven heäted ät 350 degrees.
2. For filling: Melt the 10 ounces of chocoläte in the microwäve or in ä double boiler until melted änd smooth. Cool the chocoläte until lukewärm but ensure thät it is still wärm enough to be pouräble. In ä lärge bowl (or with ä ständ mixer), blend creäm cheese, sugär, änd cocoä powder until smooth. Blend in eggs one ät ä time. Mix in lukewärm chocoläte. Pour the cheesecäke filling over the crust; smooth the top. Bäke until the center is just set änd just äppeärs dry, äbout 1 hour. Remove the cheesecäke from the oven änd cool on ä wire räck for 10 minutes. Run knife äround sides of cäke to loosen. Let the cheesecäke cool to room temperäture. Cover lightly with plästic wräp änd chill overnight.

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