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Chocolate Amarillo Cheesecake
Winner of the 2007 Shavuot Cheesecake Contest
Submitted by Charna Silver, 5/07

6 chocolate wafers, finely crushed
1 1/2 c. cream cheese
1 c. sugar
1 c. low-fat cottage cheese
1/4 c. plus 2 T unsweetened cocoa
1/4 c. all-purpose flour
1/4 c. amaretto
1 t. vanilla extract
1/4 t. salt
1 egg
2 T. semisweet chocolate mini-morsels
chocolate curls (optional)

     Sprinkle chocolate wafer crumbs in bottom of 7 inch springform pan.  Set aside.
Position knife blade in food processor bowl; add cream cheese and next 7 ingredients, processing until smooth.  Add egg and process just until blended.  Fold in chocolate morsels.
     Slowly pour mixture over crumbs in pan.  Bake at 300 for 65-70 minutes (if using a larger pan, the larger cheesecake will require only 45-50 minutes of baking time).  Let cool in pan on wire rack.  Cover and chill at least 8 hours.  Remove sides of pan, and transfer cheesecake to a serving platter.  Garnish with chocolate curls, if desired. 

     To make chocolate curls, melt 3 squares of semisweet or dark chocolate.  Pour the chocolate onto wax paper and spread to a 3 inch wide strip.  Let stand until cool but not firm.  Pull a vegetable peeler across the chocolate, and transfer curls to a plate.  Store chocolate curls in the freezer until ready to garnish cheesecake.