Chocolate Crusted Cranberry Orange Cheesecake

Chocolate Crusted Cranberry Orange Cheesecake recipe idea to create for thanksgiving or Christmas, cookie base oven bake dessert.

Chocolate Crusted Cranberry Orange Cheesecake

Bake this Chocolate Crusted Cranberry Orange Cheesecake recipe idea to create for thanksgiving or Christmas, cookie base, Oven Bake dessert. Cranberry is quit tart so orange goes well with the No Bake stove top sauce or topping, decorated with a slice of orange. The base is an easy chocolate, biscuit and butter mix blended until smooth and pressed into the pan. Cream cheese filling mixed with sugar, vanilla, flour and egg. Cheesecake is an oven bake in water trough. After its cooled, chilled in the fridge overnight. So a make ahead dessert recipe, for dessert or snack or tea time.

What goes well with cranberry?

Cranberries are tart, therefore fruits such as oranges, apples and pineapple are often paired with cranberries to cut that tart flavor. Cranberries are a versatile fruit and can be baked, cooked over a stove top for sauces or toppings for desserts, and even made into juice or candied.

What kind of cranberries do you use for baking?

You can use fresh or frozen cranberries, for baking as they get cooked in liquid with added orange zest or a little juice. Dried cranberries will not be suitable for baking or cooking to add orange flavor.

Do cranberries need to be cooked before baking?

When baking with cranberries they do not need to be cooked. Some recipes they do require them to be cooked before adding them to the recipes and this is to prevent tartness of the cranberries. There is a trick to cooking them so they do not get to tart. It is not to over cook them and to add a little orange zest.

Ingredients

Crust ingredients:

1. chocolate cookies (no cream filling)
2. chocolate chips
3. melted butter
4. Pinch of salt
5. cream cheese, room temp
6. sugar
7. flour
8. eggs
9. Zest from 1 orange
10. vanilla
11. sugar
12. water
13. 1 tsp water–dissolve in 1 Tbsp cold water
14. fresh or frozen cranberries
15. Zest from 1 orange-make sure to only get orange part of peel
16. sweetened dried orange slices for garnish

For all the amounts and instructions for this cheesecake view the recipe attached.

How To

For the chocolate crust.

Place chocolate cookies, salt, and chocolate chips in a food processor and blend until you get fine crumbs. Add the melted butter until it pulls into clumps. Pour into a 9″ springform pan and press an even layer firmly around, up the edge about 1″.  Bake for 8 minutes. Allow to cool completely.

Once it has cooled, wrap the pan with 2 layers of aluminum foil because you will bake in a water bath and it will prevent a soggy crust.

To make the filling.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar until fluffy. Add in the flour and mix.

Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Add the zest and the vanilla and make sure the fillings thoroughly combined.

Pour into the crust.

Place the cheesecake into a large baking tray or roasting pan and add hot water high enough to be halfway up the springform pan.

Place in the oven and bake in the water bath for 55 minutes. The center should be set but may be slightly wobbly.

Take cheesecake out of the water bath and cool completely. Once cooled, cover and place in the refrigerator overnight.

To make the topping.

Place sugar and 3 tablespoons of water in a medium saucepan and put over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Mix the cornstarch with the tablespoon of water and pour into the sugar. Increase the heat and bring to a simmer.

Add cranberries and frequently stir until they start to pop, about 3-4 minutes. Add the zest from the orange and mix. (see instructions further)

Remove from heat and allow it to cool. Place in a container and let rest overnight in the refrigerator. 

Adding Topping

Place on a plate and spoon the topping evenly. Place back in the refrigerator to allow it to sit for 1 hour.

Cut dried orange slices in half and place on top around the edge of the cheesecake.

Cut and serve for tea time.

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