Cheesecake Factory Ruby Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F. With mixer, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk until smooth. Add egg, ReaLemon® and vanilla and mix well. Press raspberries firmly into bottom of crust, reserving a few whole berries for garnish. Slowly pour cream cheese mixture over fruit. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool.
• Chocolate Glaze: In small saucepan, over low heat, melt semisweet chocolate with whipping cream. Stir until thickened and smooth. Remove from heat. Glaze over cheesecake. Chill. Garnish as desired.

Steps:

• Note: For best results, bake 24 hours in advance.
• Crust: Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Combine all nut meals and vanilla wafer crumbs with melted butter.
• Press into a 9 inch oiled springform pan. Cover as much of the inner pan as possible.
• Bake crust at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Set aside for 30 minutes.
• Cheesecake Filling: In advance, leave cream cheese, sour cream and eggs outside fridge to make them room temperature.
• With beater set to low speed, beat the cream cheese until light and fluffy.
• Add the sugar in small amount and beat until combined.
• Add each egg one at a time and beat after each egg until combined.
• Add the flour, almond extract and melted ruby chocolate.
• Add the sour cream last.
• Pour filling into the cooled crust.
• Wrap the outside of the pan with 2 sheets of heavy-duty aluminum foil. Make sure there are no leaks! Set in a large roasting pan lined with a dish towel. Bring 4 cups of water to a boil.
• Set foil lined pan into the roasting pan. Add boiling water until it reaches halfway up the sides of the foil barrier.
• Bake cheesecake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.
• When time is up, turn oven off, prop open oven door and leave in oven for one hour.
• After one hour, remove from oven.
• Let cool enough before the cheesecake is put into the refrigerator for 24 hours.
• Raspberry sauce: Add the raspberries, sugar, water, and lemon juice to a medium saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat stirring often until the mixture comes to a boil.
• In a small bowl mix together the cold water and cornstarch. Stir the mixture into the boiling raspberry sauce. Cook until the berries are melted down but still chunky.
• Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the almond and salt.
• Allow the sauce to cool. Pour onto the cooled cheesecake.

Steps:

• Combine crumbs and margarine; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
• Combine 24 ozs of cream cheese and sugar, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Blend in sour cream and vanilla; pour over crust.
• Combine remaining 8 ozs cream cheese and melted chocolate, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended.
• Add red raspberry preserves; mix well.
• Drop rounded measuring tablespoonfuls of chocolate cream cheese batter over plain cream cheese batter, do not swirl.
• Bake at 325°F for 1 hour and 25 minutes.
• Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan.
• Melt chocolate pieces and whipping cream over low heat stirring until smooth.
• Spread over cheesecake.
• Chill.
• Garnish with additional whipping cream, whipped, raspberries and fresh mint leaves, if desired.