Chocolate Cheesecake Pan di Stelle
Servings 5
Ingredients
- 500 grams Spreadable cheese 17.62oz. Like Philadelphia
- 50 grams Butter 15.3oz
- 350 grams Pan di Stelle 12.36oz. Or similar chocolate cookie
- 230 ml Whipping cream 1 cup
- 4 Eggs
- 100 grams Sugar 3.5oz
- 0.5 grams Vanilla powder 0.02oz
- 300 grams Dark chocolate 10.6oz
- 2 tbsp Bitter cocoa
- 1 tsp Cornstarch
- 1 Lemon for juice
- 130 grams Mascarpone 4.6oz
- 35 grams Powdered sugar 1.2oz
Instructions
- Crumble the cookies and mix them with the melted butter. Pour the mixture into a hinged baking dish that has been lined with parchment paper.
- Compact the pan di stelle cookies well and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Put the cheese into a bowl. With an electric hand mixer, work the Philadelphia cheese and the sugar until smooth and blended.
- Add in the liquid cream, vanilla powder, lemon juice and mix well.
- Add the eggs and continue to mix well the hand mixer.
- Using a sifter, add in the corn starch and bitter cocoa. Pour in the melted dark chocolate and mix well.
- Pour the cream into the baking dish and even out the surface. Bake at 160 C/ 320 F for 1 hour. Let it cool completely and then place it in the fridge for 4 hours.
- Decorate the cake as you wish. We chose to use a mascarpone cream. To prepare, work the mascarpone and powdered sugar with an electric hand mixer.
- Add in whipped cream until the mixture becomes smooth and evenly blended.
- E ora si mangia, Vincenzo’s Plate….Enjoy!