Chocolate Ricotta Cheesecake | cheesecake recipes

Chocolate Ricotta Cheesecake | cheesecake recipes

Graham Crust
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/4 cup melted butter or margarine
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Stir together all ingredients. Press mixture onto bottom and 1/2 inch up side of 9−inch springform pan.
Bake 10 minutes; cool.
Filling
3 cups ricotta or low−fat cottage cheese
1 cup granulated sugar
4 eggs
1 cup whipping cream
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup Hershey’s Cocoa
1/4 cup all−purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Glazed Fruit
Sweetened whipped cream (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In food processor or blender container, place ricotta cheese, sugar and eggs; process until smooth. Add
remaining ingredients except Glazed Fruit. Process until smooth. Pour batter into prepared crust.
Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes or until set. Remove from oven. Loosen cheesecake from rim of pan; cool
to room temperature. Refrigerate several hours or overnight.
Remove rim of pan; top with fresh or Glazed Fruit, mint sprig and pipe with sweetened whipped
cream, if desired.
Glazed Fruit
Stir 1 1/2 cups sliced peaches, pitted sweet cherries, fresh strawberries or pineapple chunks with 1/2
cup fruit preserves until fruit is well coated. Arrange on top of cheesecake.