No Bake Chocolate Pecan Cheesecake

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup chocolate wafer crumbs
• 1/4 cup pecans, chopped
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 250 g cream cheese
• 1/2 cup sugar, divided
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled
• 1 cup whipping cream, whipped
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
• 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled

Recipe

• 1 crust: combine crumbs, pecans, sugar and butter .
• 2 with the back of a spoon, press mixture to the bottom of a lightly greased 9 inch springform pan.
• 3 bake in 325 oven for 8 minutes.
• 4 cool.
• 5 filling: beat cream cheese and 1/4 cup sugar with electric mixer until smooth.
• 6 beat in egg yolks and vanilla, mixing well.
• 7 blend in melted chocolate. in another bowl, beat egg whites to soft peaks.
• 8 add remaining sugar and beat until stiff peaks form.
• 9 fold egg whites and whipped cream into chocolate mixture. stir until well blended.
• 10 pour over crust. garnish: sprinkle with chopped pecans and drizzle with melted chocolate. cover with foil.
• 11 freeze cheesecake for 3 hours or until firm.
• 12 when frozen solid, remove from freezer 30 minutes before serving.