Dark Chocolate Cheesecake

Cheesecake is a dessert made with a soft fresh cheese, eggs, and sugar. It may have a crust or base made from crushed cookies, graham crackers, pastry, or sometimes sponge cake. Cheesecake is known for its rich, creamy flavour and smooth texture. It may be baked or unbaked and is usually served chilled.

This Ultimate Chocolate Cheesecake features a chocolate cookie crust, creamy chocolate cheesecake filling, chocolate ganache, and shaved chocolate! Made with basic ingredients you probably have in your kitchen right now. Simply put, this is the best chocolate cheesecake recipe you’ll ever try!

Dark chocolate cheesecake

a mouth watering Dark chocolate cheesecake topped with ganache

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 9 hours hrs 20 minutes mins

Servings: 8

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: French, Italian, mixed cuisine

Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients

  

The Base

• 150 g digestives​ biscuits​
• 30 g cocoa powder
• 20 g brown sugar
• 50 g butter

The filling

• 200 g dark couverture chocolate melted
• 400 g cream cheese
• 200 ml fresh cream
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup brown sugar

The Ganache

• 100 g dark chocolate
• 100 ml fresh cream

Equipment

• baking pan
• oven
• hand mixer

Method

 

The Base

1. Whiz the biscuits, brown sugar and cocoa in food processor until you get a fine meal. Add butter, whiz again to mix. Press into 7-8″ loose bottom tin. Chill in the freezer while you get the filling ready, and the oven preheats.

The filling

1. Preheat oven to 180C.
2. Place all ingredients in bowl of food processor, and blend well to mix, 1-2 minutes on medium speed.
3. Pour into crust, and bake for around 40 minutes.
4. Cool completely in the oven, then chill covered in the fridge, preferably overnight.

The Ganache

1. Place chocolate and cream in a heat proof bowl. Heat in microwave for 1 minute. Whisk​ with a balloon whisk​ until smooth. Cool about 30 minutes, then whisk​ again​. Chill until a little f​irm. Whisk once again till glossy and smooth, and holds peaks. Spread over​ chilled cheesecake. Top with berry of your choice.