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Dark chocolate cheesecake

a mouth watering Dark chocolate cheesecake topped with ganache
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 9 hours 20 minutes
Servings: 8
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: French, Italian, mixed cuisine

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.