Coffee Liqueur (Kahlua) Cheesecake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Crumb Crust
    250 g plain sweet biscuits
    125 g butter
    Filling
    375 g packaged cream cheese
    3/4 cup caster sugar
    3 teaspoons plain flour
    3 eggs
    3/4 cup sour cream
    1 tablespoon lemon juice
    90 g dark chocolate
    1 tablespoon instant coffee powder
    1 tablespoon coffee liqueur (Tia Maria or Kahlua)
    1 tablespoon water
    1 egg yolk
    Cream
    3 teaspoons instant coffee powder
    1 teaspoon hot water
    1 cup cream
    1 tablespoon sugar
Preparation
    Crumb Crust:.
    Crush biscuits finely.
    Add melted butter and mix well.
    Press crumb mixture on base and sides of 20cm springorm pan.
    Refrigerate while preparing filling.
    Filling:.
    Beat cream cheese until softened.
    Combine with sugar and flour.
    Beat well.
    Beat in eggs, sour cream and lemon juice.
    Pour half cheesecake mixture into prepared crumb crust.
    Put roughly chopped chocolate, coffee powder, liqueur, water and lightly beaten egg yolk in top of double saucepan.
    Stir over simmering water until chocolate melts and mixture becomes thick.
    Remove from heat and cool slightly.
    Swirl half chocolate mixture gently through cheesecake mixture in crust with small spatula.
    Top with remaining cheesecake mixture.
    Swirl remaining chocolate through top half of cheesecake.
    Bake in 170 degrees Celsius oven 1 hour to 1 hour ten minutes or until set.
    Remove from oven.
    Allow to become cold.
    Refrigerate overnight.
    Remove sides from pan.
    Put cheesecake onto serving plate.
    Top with prepared cream.
    Cream:.
    Dissolve coffee powder in hot water.
    Put cream, coffee and sugar in bowl.
    Refrigerate 30 minutes.
    Beat until thick.

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