{"id":160,"date":"2011-03-25T10:22:21","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T17:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/?p=160"},"modified":"2017-10-23T14:09:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T20:09:38","slug":"chocolate-amaretto-cheesecake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/chocolate-amaretto-cheesecake.html","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>An old family favorite.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Shell:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 c graham cracker crumbs<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc\u00a0c unsweetened cocoa powder<\/li>\n<li>2 T sugar<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc\u00a0c unsalted butter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Filling:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 lb cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd\u00a0c superfine granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>3 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 c sour cream<\/li>\n<li>8 oz semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled<\/li>\n<li>1 t vanilla<\/li>\n<li>1 t almond extract<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 c Amaretto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Topping:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 oz semisweet chocolate<\/li>\n<li>2 T unsalted butter<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd\u00a0c heavy cream, well chilled<\/li>\n<li>1 T powdered sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 t Amaretto<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc\u00a0c sliced almonds, toasted lightly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 300\u00b0.<\/li>\n<li>Make the shell:\n<ol>\n<li>Combine graham cracker crumbs, cocoa, sugar and butter.<\/li>\n<li>Press the mixture into the bottom and 1 inch up the sides of a 10 inch creased spring-form pan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Make filling:\n<ol>\n<li>Beat cream cheese with sugar until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.<\/li>\n<li>Stir in sour cream, chocolate, vanilla, almond extract, and Amaretto.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Turn filling into shell.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 1 hr.<\/li>\n<li>Turn off oven and let cheesecake cool in the oven for 1 hour.<\/li>\n<li>Let cheesecake cool completly on a rack<\/li>\n<li>Chill it, covered loosely, for at least 12 hours.<\/li>\n<li>Make the topping:\u00a0 Melt chocolate and butter in double boiler set over barely simmering water..<\/li>\n<li>Spread mixture over cheesecake and chill for 1 hour.<\/li>\n<li>In a chilled bowl beat the cream with the sugar and Amaretto until it holds stiff peaks.<\/li>\n<li>Pipe cream on cheese cake with decorator tip.<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle with almonds.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Serves<\/strong>:\u00a0 12-16 (don&#8217;t count on leftovers)<\/div>\n<div><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0 Originally from The Amherst Shore Country Inn via Gourmet.<\/div>\n<p><strong>Notes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is a &#8220;start the previous day&#8221; (at least) recipe.<\/li>\n<li>I also have used 1 1\/2 c chocolate Nilla waffers and 1\/4 c butter for the shell.\u00a0 Or you can\u00a0or substitute Oreo cookie crumbs, pulsed in the food processor &#8211; no need for cocoa or sugar.<\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t worry about unsalted butter or superfine sugar.<\/li>\n<li>Sometimes we don&#8217;t get the cream whipped or the almonds toasted &#8211; oh well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An old family favorite.\u00a0\u00a0 Ingredients: Shell: 1 c graham cracker crumbs \u00bc\u00a0c unsweetened cocoa powder 2 T sugar \u00bc\u00a0c unsalted butter Filling: 1 lb cream cheese, softened \u00bd\u00a0c superfine granulated sugar 3 large eggs 1 c sour cream 8 oz semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled 1 t vanilla 1 t almond extract 1\/3 c Amaretto &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/chocolate-amaretto-cheesecake.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[42],"class_list":["post-160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sweets-cakes","tag-blue-cook-book"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4650,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions\/4650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}