Chocolate Covered Chocolate Cheesecake

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Title: Chocolate Covered Chocolate Cheesecake
Categories: Cheesecakes, Chocolate
Yield: 1 servings

1 1/2 c Chocolate cookie crumbs
3 tb Butter; melted
24 oz Cream cheese; softened
1/2 c Sugar
1 ts Vanilla
3 Eggs
1/2 lb Chocolate; melted
1 c Heavy cream
2 tb Butter
2 tb Granulated sugar
12 oz Semisweet chocolate
Broken into small pieces
Or semisweet chocolate bits)

Heat oven to 350F.
Mix crumbs and butter and press onto bottom of 9-inch
springform pan. Bake for 10 minutes.
Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until well blended.
Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
Blend in melted chocolate and pour over crust. Bake 40
minutes, turn off oven and let cake cool inside the oven as
it cools down. Loosen cake from rim of pan and cool
completely. Chill for at least 4 hours. Remove rim.
Heat heavy cream, butter, and sugar in a heavy saucepan
over medium-high heat. Stir to dissolve sugar crystals and
then bring to a boil. Put chocolate pieces into a
stainless steel bowl and pour boiling cream mixture over it
and let stand for a few minutes. Stir until smooth and
cool. Cover the sides and top of cheesecake with the
ganache, smooth, and chill at least 2 hours to set.

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