Food Network: Individual Orange and Chocolate Cheesecakes

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Individual Orange and Chocolate Cheesecakes
Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis

Ingredients
1/3 cup finely crushed chocolate wafers
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/4 cup ricotta cheese
2 ounces cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar, plus 2 tablespoons
1 orange, zested
1 egg
Butter, for greasing

Special equipment: mini muffin tin

Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine the crushed chocolate wafers and the melted butter. Place a tightly packed
teaspoon of the wafer mixture into each mini-muffin cup and press down firmly.

In a food processor combine the ricotta cheese, cream cheese, 1/4 cup of the
sugar, half of the orange zest, and the egg. Blend until smooth. Lightly grease
the sides of the mini muffin tin with butter. Fill the cups with about 1 1/2
tablespoons of the cheesecake mixture. Place the mini muffin tin in a baking dish
and pour enough hot water in the baking dish to come halfway up the sides of the
mini muffin tin. Bake for 25 minutes. Transfer the mini muffin tin to a wire rack
and let cool for 30 minutes. Refrigerate for 15 minutes. Use a small knife to

gently pop the cheesecakes out of the cups.

Just before serving, combine the remaining orange zest with the remaining 2
tablespoons of sugar. Top each individual cheesecake with about 1/4 teaspoon of
the orange zest mixture and serve.