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At some point over the past year I picked up a subscription to Gourmet Magazine, I thought it would be fun to browse through it and see what people in the world are eating.  Well, little did I know that I really enjoy reading it.  Not necessarily the articles about some rare chile pepper found in the deep south Amazon but more the actual recipes listed in the magazine.  Unaware to me, I would find myself spending alot of time reading through the recipes, fascinated with how all these ingredients in their right proportions and with a little heat and cooling would yeild some amazing dish that you could see the picture of on page 21.  I have always enjoyed cooking but when i got married 4.5 years ago, I stopped cooking that much, mainly because my wife does such a great job at it and enjoys doing that for me and Graham.  But I may have to start stepping back into the kitchen and follow the instructions I enjoy reading and see about taking it to the next level. I recently bought Adriane this Mac program called SousChef so that she could organize all her recipes online and in one place.  I might try to help her do that because it sounds fun.  This is one recipe I enjoyed reading and hope to tackle soon.

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Dark Chocolate Cheesecake

Ingredients

  1. Crust
  2. 9 oz chocolate teddy grahams or chocolate graham crackers
  3. 1 tablespoon sugar
  4. 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted
  5. Filling
  6. 10 oz dark chocolate, chopped
  7. 4 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
  8. 1 1/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar
  9. 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  10. 4 large eggs

Directions

  1. preparation
  2. For crust:
  3. Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 3-inch-high sides. Blend cookies in processor until finely ground; blend in sugar. Add melted butter and process until well blended. Press crumbs evenly onto bottom (not sides) of prepared pan. Bake just until set, about 5 minutes. Cool while preparing filling. Maintain oven temperature.
  4. For filling:
  5. Stir chopped chocolate in metal bowl set over saucepan of simmering water until melted and smooth. Remove bowl from over water; cool chocolate until lukewarm but still pourable. Blend cream cheese, sugar, and cocoa powder in processor until smooth. Blend in eggs 1 at a time. Mix in lukewarm chocolate. Pour filling over crust; smooth top. Bake until center is just set and just appears dry, about 1 hour. Cool 5 minutes. Run knife around sides of cake to loosen. Chill overnight.
  6. Release pan sides. Transfer cheesecake to platter. Top with chocolate curls. Let stand 2 hours at room temperature before serving.
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