Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 chocolate wafer cookies, finely crushed
1 1/2 c. light cream cheese
1 c. sugar
1 c. 1% low-fat cottage cheese
1/4 c. + 2 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa
1/4 c. flour
1/4 c. Amaretto*
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
1 egg
2 Tbsp. semi-sweet chocolate mini morsels

Preparation

Sprinkle cookie crumbs in bottom of 7-inch spring-form pan; set aside.
In large bowl add cream cheese and next 7 ingredients, mixing until smooth.
Add egg and mix until well blended.
Fold in chocolate morsels.
Slowly pour mixture over crumbs in pan.
Bake at 300\u00b0 for 65 to 70 minutes or until set.
Let cool in pan on wire rack.
Cover and chill at least 8 hours.
Remove sides of pan and transfer cheesecake to serving platter.
Garnish with chocolate curls, if desired.