Mandarin Chocolate Cheesecake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup chocolate wafer crumbs
3 tablespoons melted butter
3 (250 g) packages Philadelphia Cream Cheese, at room temp
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons flour
3 eggs, at room temperature
1/4 cup orange juice
3 tablespoons orange liqueur
1 tablespoon grated orange rind
1/2 cup whipping cream
4 ounces bakers semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 (11 ounce) can mandarin orange segments, drained and patted dry
2 ounces bakers semisweet chocolate, melted
chocolate curls

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Crust-combine the chocolate wafer crumbs and butter and mix well.
Press into the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan.
Bake for 10 minutes.
Remove and cool on a wire rack.
Turn heat up to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl beat together the cream cheese, sugar and flour until smooth.
Beat in eggs, one at a time mixing well.
Mix in juice, liqueur and rind.
Pour over cooled crust and bake for 45 minutes or until center is just set.
Remove from oven, run a knife around the edge to loosen and let cool for 1 hour on a wire rack.
Place in fridge and let set overnight.
Next day bring cream to boil over low heat in a medium saucepan.
Stir in chocolate and remove from heat.
Stir until chocolate is melted and smooth.
Pour over cake and spread over sides or let it\"drizzle down\" the sides.
In a separate pan melt chocolate.
Dip dried mandarine segments half way into chocolate.
Let dry on waxed paper.
Arrange in circle on cake.
Pile on chocolate curls.