Mint Chocolate Cheesecake

Submitted by TeksGlutes

"This one is on my to do list. I got this recipe from here: sugarplumsweets.blogspot.com/2007/12/mint-chocolate-cheesecake.html"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 35mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• Cheesecake

• 18 chocolate sandwich style cookies, finely ground
• 59.14 ml unsalted butter, melted
• 5 large eggs
• 4 (907.18 g) package cream cheese, softened
• 295.73 ml granulated sugar
• 4.92 ml vanilla extract
• 12.32 ml pure peppermint extract
• 78.78 ml heavy whipping cream
• 340.19 g bittersweet chocolate, melted

• Ganache

• 59.14 ml heavy whipping cream
• 29.58 ml unsalted butter
• 170.09 g bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped

directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and generously butter a 9-inch springform pan.
2. In a medium mixing bowl, combine cookie crumbs, and butter, until combined. Press into bottom of pan. Place pan on a large sheet pan.
3. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove pan from oven, and reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F.
4. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, until just combined.
5. In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat cream cheese until creamy, about 1 minute. Beat in sugar, vanilla extract, and mint extract, until combined, about 1 minute. Beat in cream and melted chocolate, until combined. Gradually beat in eggs, until just combined.
6. Pour batter onto crust, and bake for 1 hour and 10-15 minutes, at 325 degrees F, or until cheesecake center barely jiggles when you shake the pan.
7. Cool springform pan on a wire rack, for 1 hour; top with ganache.
8. To make the ganache, heat the cream and butter in a small saucepan, over medium heat, until butter is melted, and mixture is hot. Remove pan from heat, and stir in chocolate, until melted, and well combined. Spread the ganache evenly over cheesecake.
9. Chill cheesecake in the refrigerator for 8 hours, or until ready to serve.
10. Yield: 12-14 servings- BIG cheesecake.