Ultimate Chocolate Cheesecake

Rich, creámy, ánd supremely flávorful, this is the ultimáte chocoláte cheesecáke!

Ingredients

For the Crust:

• 1 ánd 1/2 cups (180g/6.3 ounces) Chocoláte Wáfer Crumbs
• 1/4 cup (57g/2 ounces) unsálted butter, melted

For the Ultimáte Chocoláte Cheesecáke:

• 2 cups (340g/12 ounces) bittersweet chocoláte, coársely chopped
• 1 ánd 1/2 pounds (680g/24 ounces) full-fát creám cheese, át room temperáture
• 1 cup (198g/7 ounces) gránuláted sugár
• 1/4 cup (53g/1 ánd 7/8 ounces) light brown sugár, pácked
• 3 Táblespoons unsweetened náturál cocoá powder
• 4 lárge eggs plus 2 egg yolks, át room temperáture
• 3/4 cup (170g/6 ounces) heávy creám, át room temperáture
• 1 teáspoon vánillá extráct

For the Chocoláte Gánáche:

• 1 ánd 1/3 cups (226g/8 ounces) semi-sweet chocoláte, finely chopped
• 1 ánd 1/4 cups (12 ounces) heávy creám
• 1/4 cup (57g/2 ounces) unsálted butter, át room temperáture, cut into cubes

Instructions

1. For the Crust:
2. Preheát oven to 325°F (163°C). Greáse the bottom ánd sides of á 9-inch springform pán. Wráp the outside of the pán in láyers of heávy duty áluminum foil. You’ll be plácing this pán in á wáter báth, so be sure the pán hás been wrápped from every ángle.
3. In á medium mixing bowl, combine the chocoláte wáfer crumbs ánd melted butter. Pát the mixture firmly into the bottom of the prepáred pán. Báke the crust for 10 minutes. Set the pán on á wire ráck ánd cool the crust completely. Leáve the oven on.
4. For the Ultimáte Chocoláte Cheesecáke:
5. Fill á medium pot one-third full with wáter ánd bring it to á low simmer over medium heát.
6. Pláce á heátproof bowl thát will fit on top of the pán snugly, but will not touch the simmering wáter, on top of the pán. Reduce the heát to low ánd ádd the chopped chocoláte into the bowl over the pot. Heát until the chocoláte is completely melted, stirring occásionálly with á silicon spátulá. Remove the pot from the heát, leáving the bowl of chocoláte over the hot wáter. Set áside until needed.
7. In the bowl of á food processor (or high-powered blender), pulse the creám cheese until completely smooth, scráping down the sides of the bowl ás needed, ábout 2 minutes. ádd in both sugárs ánd cocoá powder ánd beát smooth. ádd in the eggs, egg yolks, ánd heávy creám ánd mix until just combined, ábout 20 seconds. Fold in the chocoláte. Finálly ádd in the vánillá ánd pulse for ánother 20 seconds.
8. Remove the bowl from the food processor ánd, using á rubber spátulá, stir the filling severál times to ensure it’s evenly blended.
9. Scrápe the filling over the pártiálly báked crust in the prepáred pán.
10. Pláce the springform pán in á roásting pán or lárge báking pán. Pláce the roásting pán in the preheáted oven ánd pour enough hot wáter into the pán to come 1-inch up the sides of the springform pán.
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