Espresso Ricotta Cheesecake
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Ingredients
48 | amaretti cookies | 1/2 cup | Graham cracker crumbs | 1 stick | butter, melted | 2 tbsp. | gelatin | 4 tbsp. | cold water | 1/4 cup | sugar | 1/2 cup | espresso coffee, strong | 1 container (15 oz.) | ricotta cheese | 1/2 tsp. | pure vanilla extract | 3/4 cup | heavy cream | 1 dash | cinnamon | 1 tbsp. | toasted almonds |
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Instructions
Preheat oven to 400°F. Butter a 10-inch springform pan. Using a rolling pin crush amaretti cookies to fine crumbs. Set aside 1/2 cup of crumbs and transfer remaining crumbs to a bowl; add Graham crackers and stir in melted butter. Press crumb mixture on bottom and halfway up sides of springform pan. Bake 5 minutes; cool completely.
In a small bowl sprinkle gelatin over cold water and let soften. In a large bowl combine hot espresso with sugar and gelatin mixture and stir to dissolve. Let cool slightly. Add ricotta cheese and beat until smooth. Stir in vanilla. In a chilled bowl whip 1/2 cup of the cream to stiff peaks; fold into coffee mixture. Pour half of coffee mixture into crust, top with reserved amaretti crumbs and cover with remaining coffee mixture. Smooth top. Chill overnight.
To serve, run a knife around edge of pan to loosen and carefully remove springform rim. Whip remaining 1/4 cup heavy cream flavored with cinnamon to stiff peaks, transfer to a pastry tube and pipe decorative rosettes on cake. Sprinkle with toasted almonds.
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