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DESSERT: Chocolate Mint Cheesecake

Ingredients

Crust:
- 1 3/4 cups vanilla wafers, crushed
- 5 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
- 4 tbsp butter, melted

Cheesecake:
- 5 oz. mint-flavored chocolate
- 2.5 oz bittersweet chocolate
- 30 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 4 tbsp flour
- 4 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 1/4 cups heavy cream

Instructions

Butter a 10-inch springform pan. Preheat the oven to 325°F.

Crust: Combine the ingredients and press firmly over the bottom and half-way up the sides of the springform pan. Chill.

Cheesecake: Melt the two chocolates; cool. Beat the cream cheese with an electric mixer until smooth. Gradually beat in the suger. Beat in the melted chocolate and flour. Add the eggs and egg yolks, one at a time, beating after each addition. On low speed, mix in the heavy cream. Pour into the springform pan.

Bake for 75 minutes. Then, without opening the door to the oven, turn off the heat and let the cheesecake remain in the oven for an additional 50 minutes. Remove the cheesecake from the oven and let it cool completely on a wire rack. When cool, release the buckle on the springform pan and remove the walls. Slide the cheesecake from the bottom of the springform pan and onto a serving platter. Refrigerate several hours.

Adapted from Kaiser\'s recipe for Mint Chocolate Cheesecake

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