CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
Dairy, Eggs |
|
Choco3 |
1 |
servings |
INGREDIENTS
100 |
g |
Chilled butter; (4 oz) |
150 |
g |
Flour; (5 oz) |
25 |
g |
Icing sugar; (1 oz) |
|
|
A few drops of vanilla essence |
225 |
g |
Cream cheese; (8 oz) |
225 |
g |
Soft light brown sugar; (8 oz) |
|
|
A few drops of vanilla essence |
50 |
g |
Cocoa; (2 oz) |
4 |
lg |
Eggs |
|
|
Sieved icing sugar; to finish |
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR THE BASE
FOR THE FILLING
To make the base, whizz all the ingredients for the base together in a food
processor until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Alternatively, cut the
butter into the flour and icing sugar with a knife, then rub in with your
fingertips until it reaches the breadcrumb stage. Press this mixture round
the base of a 20-22.5 cm (8-9 inch) flan dish. Chill the flan in the fridge
for 30 minutes then bake in the oven pre-heated to 180 deg C (350 deg F/Gas
Mark 4), or the bottom right oven of a four-door Aga, for 25-30 minutes,
until the pastry is pale golden brown. Remove from the oven, and leave to
cool while you make the filling. Put the cream cheese into a blender or
food processor and whizz, gradually adding the sugar, then the vanilla
essence, cocoa, 2 whole eggs and 2 egg yolks. Blend until smooth.
Alternatively, mix all the ingredients very thoroughly in a bowl. Whisk the
remaining 2 egg whites until they are stiff, and, using a large metal
spoon, fold them quickly and thoroughly through the chocolate mixture. Pour
into the cooked pastry shell, and bake in the oven pre-heated to 180.C
(350.F/Gas Mark 4), or the bottom right oven of a four-door Aga, for 35-40
minutes, until set. Dust with icing sugar to serve.
(From Lady Macdonald's Chocolate Book)
You can eat this cheesecake cold, but it is much nicer hot - it keeps warm
very satisfactorily for 20 minutes or so in a low oven.
Recipe by: Jonathan Griffiths <jgriffiths@cix.compulink.co.uk>
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