Tiramisu Cheesecake - 3

Recipe Ingredients

		Crust
2 tablespoons	30ml	Butter or margarine - melted
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Instant espresso powder
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Vanilla-wafer crumbs
		Filling
24 oz	681g	Cream cheese or Neufchatel
8 oz	227g	Mascarpone cheese
1 2/3 cups	329g / 11oz	Sugar
4 cups	792g / 27oz	Eggs - room temp (large)
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla extract
1		Salt
2 teaspoons	10ml	Instant espresso powder
1 tablespoon	15ml	Hot water
2 tablespoons	30ml	Brandy
1 oz	28g	Semisweet chocolate - grated
2 teaspoons	10ml	Unsweetened cocoa

Recipe Instructions

Crust:

Preheat oven to 350F.

Butter an 8-inch Springform pan. Stir in butter and espresso powder in small bowl until combined. Stir in crumbs until crumbs are evenly moistened. Pat evenly over bottom of prepared pan.

Bake 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Keep oven on. Tightly cover outside bottom and sides or Springform pan with heavy-duty foil.

Filling:

Meanwhile, beat cream cheese and mascarpone in large mixer bowl at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2 minutes. Gradually beat in sugar, scraping down sides of bowl with rubber spatula, until completely smooth, 3 minutes. Reduce speed to medium and beat in vanilla and salt. Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.

Pour 4 cups filling over crust in prepared pan and place in large roasting pan. Dissolve espresso in hot water. Fold into remaining filling with brandy and grated chocolate. Spoon mixture evenly over filling in pan; smooth top with spatula. Place pan on oven rack. Pour enough hot water into roasting pan to come 1" up side of Springform pan.

Bake 1-1/4 hours or until center is just set.

Remove cheesecake from water bath. Cool completely on wire rack.

Remove foil. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Just before serving, run knife around edge of pan; remove sides. Sprinkle lightly with cocoa.

Source:
Mario Batali

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