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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For the Crust: | 2. Set oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat oven to 400 degrees F. | 3. Chop chocolate and drop through feed tube of a running food processor or blender. | 4. Add graham crackers and pecans and process until they are fine crumbs. | 5. Pour crumbs into a 10- or 12-inch diameter springform pan. | 6. Stir in cinnamon and brown sugar. | 7. Add melted butter and, using your fingers, quickly mash the mixture until the crumbs hold together. | 8. Use your knuckles to press up the sides, then press over bottom of pan. | 9. Bake 10 minutes. | 10. Cool. | 11. For the Filling: | 12. Dissolve gelatin in water in a small bowl, then set aside to soften for 5 minutes. | 13. To keep gelatine liquefied, set bowl in a larger bowl of hot water. | 14. Beat mascarpone and cream cheese at high speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. | 15. Gradually pour in sugar while continuing to beat. | 16. At medium speed, beat in lemon juice and vanilla extract. | 17. Remove bowl from mixer and, using a large rubber spatula, quickly fold gelatine into cheese mixture. | 18. In a cold bowl and with cold beaters, whip cream to stiff peaks. | 19. Fold a scoop of cream into the mascarpone mixture to lighten it and make it easier to blend with the cream. | 20. Then fold remaining cream into the cheese base. | 21. Pour into cooled crust. | 22. Cover well with plastic wrap and chill at least 4 hours. | 23. Decorate with shaved chocolate and more whipped cream piped at intervals around the rim of the cake. | 24. Slice wedges with a knife dipped in a tall glass of hot water, then wiped dry. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
mexican chocolate	2	ounces		241.5377	43.8907	2.0638	8.8394
chocolate	2	ounces	semisweet	32.8854	5.3694	1.168	0.8165
graham cracker	10			3612.0	652.344	56.196000000000005	89.04
pecan half	1	cup		-	-	-	-
cinnamon	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
brown sugar	3	tablespoons		102.6	26.4843	0.0324	0.0
butter	4	tablespoons	unsalted	342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
gelatin	1	tablespoon	unflavored	-	-	-	-
water	1/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
mascarpone cheese	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
cream cheese	24	ounces	softened	2007.18	23.814	48.3084	194.5944
sugar	1	cup	granulated	319.8	60.008	10.01	4.992
lemon juice	2	tablespoons		6.71	2.1045	0.1067	0.0732
vanilla extract	1 1/2	1/2		18.144000000000002	0.797	0.0038	0.0038
cream	1 1/2	cups		1188.0	23.94	13.068	124.848

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.