Cranberry-Orange Cheesecake With Chocolate Crust

Recipe Ingredients

		Crust
1		Box chocolate wafer cookies - (9 oz) - broken
2 oz	56g	Bittersweet or semisweet chocolate - coarsely chopped
		= (do not use unsweetened)
5 tablespoons	75ml	Unsalted butter - melted
		Filling
4		Cream cheese - (8 oz ea) - room temperature
1 1/2 cups	297g / 10oz	Sugar
3 tablespoons	45ml	All-purpose flour
4 tablespoons	60ml	Eggs (large)
2 teaspoons	10ml	Grated orange peel
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla extract
		Topping
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Sugar
3 tablespoons	45ml	Water
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cornstarch - dissolved in
1 tablespoon	15ml	Water
2 cups	186g / 6.6oz	Fresh cranberries
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Grated orange peel

Recipe Instructions

For Crust: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Finely grind cookies and chocolate in processor. Add butter; blend until moist clumps form. Using plastic wrap as aid, press crumb mixture onto bottom and 1 1/4 inches up sides of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides. Bake until set, about 8 minutes. Cool completely.

For Filling: Increase oven temperature to 350 degrees. Wrap 2 layers of heavy-duty foil around bottom and up sides of springform pan. Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until light. Beat in flour. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, just until blended. Beat in orange peel and vanilla.

Pour filling into crust. Place springform pan in large roasting pan. Fill roasting pan with enough hot water to come halfway up sides of springform pan. Bake until filling is just set in center but still moves slightly, about 55 minutes. Remove cake from water bath; transfer to rack and cool completely, about 4 hours. Cover and chill overnight.

For Topping: Stir sugar and water in medium saucepan over medium-low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to medium; add cornstarch mixture and bring to simmer. Add cranberries; cook until beginning to pop, stirring often, about 3 minutes. Stir in orange peel. Cool completely. Cover and chill overnight. (Cheesecake and cranberry mixture can be made 2 days ahead. Keep refrigerated.)

Run knife around top edge of cheesecake to loosen. Release pan sides. Top cheesecake with cranberry mixture. Chill until set, about 1 hour.

This recipe yields 12 servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, December 2002

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