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Ingredientes
- Are you still reading? Cuz I’m still eating my slice of Black Bottom (did I mention that?) Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake. GREG
- Ingredients
- 5 ounce ground chocolate wafer cookies (about 1 cup or 25 Nabisco wafers)
- 2 tablespoon unsalted butter (melted)
- 1 3/4 cup granulated sugar (divided)
- 2/3 cup whipping cream
- 8 ounce semisweet chocolate (chopped)
- 6 ounce pitted cherries (fresh or frozen and thawed)
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 32 ounce cream cheese (at room temperature)
- 1 pinch kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
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