guinness® and chocolate cheesecake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 cup crushed chocolate cookies
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 pound semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons heavy cream
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 pinch salt
• 3/4 cup irish (e.g. guinness®)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 (1 ounce) square semisweet chocolate

Recipe

Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 45 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 20 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). prepare a 9 inch springform pan with butter.
• combine the crushed cookies, butter, 2 tablespoons sugar, and cocoa in a small bowl; mix; press into the bottom of the prepared springform pan.
• place the cream cheese in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer set to low speed until smooth. while beating, slowly add 1 cup sugar and then the eggs, one at a time. continue beating until smooth.
• combine the chocolate chips and heavy cream in a microwave-safe bowl. heat in the microwave until the chocolate is completely melted, stirring every 30 seconds. beat the chocolate into the cream cheese mixture. add the sour cream, salt, , and vanilla; blend until smooth. pour the mixture over the crust. place the pan into a large, deep baking dish. fill the dish with water to cover the bottom half of the springform pan.
• bake the cheesecake in the water bath in the preheated oven for 45 minutes; turn oven off; leave the cheesecake in the oven with oven door slightly ajar another 45 minutes; remove from oven. run a knife along the edge of the cheesecake to loosen from pan. chill in refrigerator at least 4 hours.
• melt the semisweet chocolate in a small bowl using the microwave. make chocolate clovers by dropping 3 small drops of melted chocolate close to one another on waxed paper. drag a toothpick from between two dots outward to make the stem; chill until hardened. arrange the chocolate clovers on top of the chilled cheesecake for decoration.