Ginger Mascarpone Cheesecake with a Chocolate Crust

Name: Ginger Mascarpone Cheesecake with a Chocolate Crust
Ingredients: 2 pounds cream cheese; 1¼ cups sugar; ½ pound mascarpone; 2 large eggs; 1½ tablespoons fresh grated ginger root

Preparation info

Serves
10 to 12

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Stars Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 1993

About

What makes this a very special cheesecake is the richness of the mascarpone and the fresh cream cheese (without any additives), which gives it a light texture. Add a chocolate crust and you have a beauty.

Ingredients

Cheesecake

2 pounds cream cheese
½ pound mascarpone
1¼

Cake
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Prepare crust.

To make the cheesecake

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.

Put the cream cheese and the mascarpone in the bowl of an electric mixer. Using the paddle attachment, beat on medium speed un