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- From: wolit@mhuxd.uucp (Jan Wolitzky)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Amaretto chocolate cheesecake
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- Date: 20 Mar 87 05:30:35 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CHEESECAKE-7 D "6 Feb 87" 1987
- .RZ "CHEESECAKE 7" "Amaretto-amaretti chocolate cheesecake"
- This is adapted from
- .I "Maida Heatter's Book of Great Chocolate Desserts,"
- (Knopf 1980).
- It won me a blue ribbon at the Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Exhibition
- and Fair in 1983.
- If you ever find yourself in front of a firing squad, this makes an
- unbeatable last request.
- .IH "Serves 16"
- .SH CRUST
- .IG "7 oz" "Amaretti" "200 g"
- (see note)
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "granulated sugar" "30 ml"
- .IG "1 oz" "unsweetened chocolate" "30 g"
- (1 square)
- .IG "5 Tbsp" "sweet butter" "75 g"
- .SH FILLING
- .IG "6 oz" "semisweet chocolate" "180 g"
- .IG "7 oz" "Amaretti" "200 g"
- .IG "4 oz" "almond paste" "120 g"
- .IG "1/3 cup" "Amaretto liqueur" "8 cl"
- .IG "1\(12 lb" "cream cheese" "700 g"
- at room temperature
- .IG "\(14 cup" "granulated sugar" "50 g"
- .IG "4" "eggs"
- (large or extra-large)
- .IG "\(12 cup" "heavy cream" "12 cl"
- .PH "(CRUST)"
- .SK 1
- Butter the sides only (not the bottom) of a
- .AB "9-inch" "22-cm"
- spring-form pan
- .AB "(2\(12\-3 inches" "(6\-8 cm"
- deep).
- .SK 2
- Grind the Amaretti very fine in a food processor or blender.
- Mix with sugar in a mixing bowl.
- .SK 3
- Melt the chocolate and butter in the top of a double boiler,
- stirring occasionally.
- Add the melted mixture to the Amaretti crumbs and sugar and mix thoroughly.
- (Don't wash the double boiler; you'll be using it again in a minute.)
- .SK 4
- Turn the mixture into the prepared pan.
- With your fingers, distribute it evenly over the bottom and press it down
- into a very firm, compact layer.
- Refrigerate while you prepare the filling.
- .PH "(FILLING)"
- .SK 1
- Adjust rack 1/3 up from the bottom of the oven and preheat to
- .TE 350 175 .
- .SK 2
- Partially melt chocolate in the top of a double boiler, then uncover and
- stir until completely melted.
- Remove the top of the double boiler and set aside to cool.
- .SK 3
- Break the Amaretti coarsely into a bowl and set aside.
- .SK 4
- Cut the almond paste into small pieces, and beat on low speed with an
- electric mixer, while gradually adding the Amaretto liqueur.
- Beat until thoroughly mixed, and set aside.
- .SK 5
- Beat the cream cheese with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Add the sugar and beat until smooth again.
- Add the almond paste-Amaretto mixture and beat until thoroughly mixed.
- Add the melted chocolate and beat well again.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating at low speed until they are
- incorporated after each addition.
- Add the heavy cream and beat until smooth.
- Add the coarsely broken Amaretti and stir gently only to mix.
- .SK 6
- Turn into the prepared pan, pouring the mixture over the bottom crust.
- Rotate the pan gently to level the batter.
- (Don't worry if the mixture comes almost to the top; it won't run over.)
- .SK 7
- Bake 45 minutes.
- It will seem soft and not done, but don't bake any more;
- it will become firm when chilled.
- The top of the cake is supposed to look bumpy because of the large chunks
- of Amaretti.
- .SK 8
- Let cool completely at room temperature, then carefully remove the sides of
- the pan and refrigerate the cake (still on the bottom of the pan) for 4 to
- 6 hours, or overnight.
- .NX
- Amaretti are Italian almond-flavored wafer cookies. They are usually sold in
- metal tins with the wafers wrapped in packages of two inside the tin.
- You can also buy Amarettini, which are the same flavor but much smaller and
- not individually wrapped. Since you're going to grind some of the wafers and
- break the others into chunks, it doesn't matter which size you start with.
- One brand is Amaretti di Saronna, Lazzaroni & Co.
- .PP
- This is an expensive cake, both in terms of the cost of the ingredients
- ($15\-$20) and the number of calories.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- moderate to hard.
- .I Time:
- 30 minutes preparation, 45 minutes baking, overnight cooling.
- .I Precision:
- measure ingredients carefully.
- .WR
- Jan Wolitzky
- AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA
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