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Baked Chocolate Cheesecake—Prototype 25:
3-Cheese Blend (1CT-1NC-1YG):
Prepare ahead of time 16 ounces of yogurt cheese, derived from one 32-ounce
container of nonfat yogurt. If the resulting yogurt cheese falls below 16
ounces, add back enough of the whey (that was strained out from the yogurt) to
make up the difference. To this yogurt cheese combine 16 ounces of whipped,
lowfat cottage cheese and 16 ounces (two 8-ounce packages) of softened
Neufchatel cheese ("light cream cheese").
Grease a 9 1/2" (or 9") pan, but do not wrap foil around it until just
before the batter is added (spreading the crust in an already wrapped pan can
result in greater disturbance to the foil, thus increasing leakage risks).
Chocolate Crust:
4 oz. semi-sweet chocolate, melted
3/8 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
8 oz. (1 cup) 3-cheese blend (see above)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 oz. finely ground All-Bran
Place the resulting mixture in the greased pan and pre-bake without tub at 300
degrees for 5-10 minutes, depending on the mixture's thickness (closer to 10
minutes if thin enough to be fully distributed across the pan's bottom by gentle
shaking, closer to 5 minutes if thick enough to require spreading out this
mixture by pressing on it with a utensil and/or fingers), then cool enough to
comfortably touch at least the pan's upper sidewall.
Chocolate Batter:
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
3/8 cup cocoa powder
40 oz. (5 cups) 3-cheese blend (see above)
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
2 teaspoons vanilla
6 eggs
Wrap the pan in foil at this point. Carefully pour the batter over the crust and
bake this cheesecake in a hot water tub at 300 degrees for 75 minutes (if using
a 9 1/2" pan). Then shut off oven and cool cheesecake down while still in
it (and in tub), with door slightly ajar, for an hour. Afterwards, remove from
oven and tub and (at this point, add a border of chocolate chips if desired)
continue to cool down at room temperature for another two hours, then remove
from pan and refrigerate.
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