Moldovan Chocolate Cheesecake

== Description ==
== Ingredients ==
* 12 oz semi-sweet chocolate; chopped
* 1 1/2 Sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter
* 1 c sour cream at room temperature
* 1 ts vanilla
* 3 lg eggs
* 1 c Sugar
* 3 8-oz packages cream cheese; softened
* 1 c Chopped pecans
== Directions ==
# Confectioners' Sugar and unsweetened cocoa powder for dusting the cake if desired 1 chocolate graham wafer pie crust. 
# In a large metal bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water melt the chocolate and the butter, stirring until the mixture is smooth, stir in the sour cream and the vanilla, and let the mixture cool. 
# In a bowl beat together the eggs and the Sugar until the mixture is thick and pale and forms a ribbon when the beaters are lifted and beat in the cream cheese. 
# Stir in the chocolate mixture and fold in the pecans. 
# Pour the filling into the prepared crust and bake the cheesecake in the middle of a preheated 325 degree F oven for 2 hours, or until it is just set. 
# (The cake will fall in the middle.) 
# Let the cheesecake cool in the pan on a rack, chill it, covered loosely, overnight, and remove the side of the pan. 
# Sprinkle the confectioners' Sugar and the cocoa powder decoratively over the cheesecake.
# 9 1/2 inch springform pan.
# 2 1/2-3 x the recipe on the chocolate crumb box
Category:Moldovan Recipes
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