CHEESECAKE MANDARIN

Difficulty: Medium

Servings: 10

Category: Dessert

Prep. Time: 90 min.

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Ingredients

For the base:
- 300 grams of chocolate chip cookies
- 100 grams of almonds
- 100 grams of butter
- 1 egg
For the cream:
- 450 g cheese
- 450 grams of white chocolate
- 110 grams of butter
- 50 grams of sugar
- Juice of mandarins 5
- Grated rind of 1 tangerine

Preparation

Toast the almonds in the oven at 160 degrees for 10 minutes, in the meantime, whisk the cookies. When the almonds are ready, whisk and add them to cookies. Add the warm melted butter and egg. Form a ball and let rest for 20 minutes.
Place the dough in a springform pan of 28 cm in diameter lined with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 180 °.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler and let it cool.
The ricotta cheese and the butter, add sugar a little at a time, the grated rind and juice of mandarins, the eggs one at a time, and then the chocolate. Mix and pour the cream over the biscuit base.
Bake the cake and let it cook for 60 minutes. When it is ready let it cool, remove from the mold and refrigerate for at least 3 hours before serving, sprinkle with cocoa powder.