Mascarpone Cheesecake in Mexican Chocolate Crust Recipe

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Mascarpone Cheesecake in Mexican Chocolate Crust
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Ingredients
15
Count
Nutrition
1160
Calories
Total time
310
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. For the Crust:.
  2. Set oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  3. Chop chocolate and drop through feed tube of a running food processor or blender.
  4. Add graham crackers and pecans and process until they are fine crumbs.
  5. Pour crumbs into a 10- or 12-inch diameter springform pan.
  6. Stir in cinnamon and brown sugar.
  7. Add melted butter and, using your fingers, quickly mash the mixture until the crumbs hold together.
  8. Use your knuckles to press up the sides, then press over bottom of pan.
  9. Bake 10 minutes.
  10. Cool.
  11. For the Filling:.
  12. Dissolve gelatin in water in a small bowl, then set aside to soften for 5 minutes.
  13. To keep gelatine liquefied, set bowl in a larger bowl of hot water.
  14. Beat mascarpone and cream cheese at high speed with an electric mixer until fluffy.
  15. Gradually pour in sugar while continuing to beat.
  16. At medium speed, beat in lemon juice and vanilla extract.
  17. Remove bowl from mixer and, using a large rubber spatula, quickly fold gelatine into cheese mixture.
  18. In a cold bowl and with cold beaters, whip cream to stiff peaks.
  19. Fold a scoop of cream into the mascarpone mixture to lighten it and make it easier to blend with the cream.
  20. Then fold remaining cream into the cheese base.
  21. Pour into cooled crust.
  22. Cover well with plastic wrap and chill at least 4 hours.
  23. Decorate with shaved chocolate and more whipped cream piped at intervals around the rim of the cake.
  24. Slice wedges with a knife dipped in a tall glass of hot water, then wiped dry.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1160.14 Kcal (4857 kJ)
Calories from fat 727.05 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 80.78g 124%
Cholesterol 117.65mg 39%
Sodium 710.71mg 30%
Potassium 315.79mg 7%
Total Carbs 99.4g 33%
Sugars 41.32g 165%
Dietary Fiber 4.15g 17%
Protein 13.76g 28%
Vitamin C 1.1mg 2%
Iron 4.1mg 23%
Calcium 163.5mg 16%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 429.83 Kcal (1800 kJ)
Calories from fat 269.37 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 29.93g 124%
Cholesterol 43.59mg 39%
Sodium 263.32mg 30%
Potassium 117mg 7%
Total Carbs 36.83g 33%
Sugars 15.31g 165%
Dietary Fiber 1.54g 17%
Protein 5.1g 28%
Vitamin C 0.4mg 2%
Iron 1.5mg 23%
Calcium 60.6mg 16%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 29.1
    Points
  • 32
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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