Chocolate Truffle Raspberry Cheesecake

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Chocolate Truffle Raspberry Cheesecake

Recipe By : Carole A. Resnick ak399@cleveland.freenet.edu
Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cakes And Cookies

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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75 g nuts -- toasted
250 g chocolate wafer cookies -- crushed
70 g sugar
75 g butter -- melted
1150 g cream cheese -- unwrapped and soften
200 g sugar
5 jumbo eggs -- shelled and warmed (
110 ml Chambord liqueur
225 ml raspberry preserves -- strained so there ar
1 cup fresh raspberries -- optional
1/4 cup cornstarch
110 ml heavy cream
2 Tbls sugar
50 g butter (unsalted)
225 ml gourmet heavy whipping cream
450 g semisweet chocolate
3 tsp Chambord liqueur

1. Mix and pat into bottom and sides of 25 cm springform pan. Set aside.

1. Beat cheese until light and fluffy. Add sugar and beat again. Add eggs
one at a time, beating ater each. Stir in cream, cornstarch and liqueur.

2. Pour into pan and bake at 190 =F8C for 45 minutes. (Put pan of water on
bottom rack while baking and preheating). Cake is done when edges are
lightly brown and firm and cake is still soft in middle. Loosen edges from
pan and let cool 2 hours or so.

3. Spread raspberry preserves on top of cake. Make ganache and put in
pastry bag. Pipe ganache around edges of cake using large star tip. Dot top
of cake with fresh raspberries.

1. Combine sugar, butter and cream in heavy bottomed 2 l pan. Heat over low
heat 3 minutes until sugar is dissolved.

2. Chop chocolate into small pieces and place in medium sized bowl. Add hot
cream mixture and whip well with wire whisk until chocolate melts and
mixture is smooth. Add Chambord, mix.

3. Place bowl in larger bowl filled with ice water. Stir with spatula until
thick enough to pipe through a pastry bag. Do not let chocolate harden and
DO NOT let any of the ice water NEAR the chocolate!

Author's Notes:
You can substitute strawberries for raspberries.

Difficulty : moderate.
Precision : measure ingredients.

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