Chocolate Ricotta Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1/3 cup graham cracker, crumbled
• 3 1/2 cups ricotta cheese, drained (part skim)
• 16 ounces yogurt, lowfat vanilla, stained to cheese
• 2 egg whites
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup cocoa
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325.
• 2 sprinkle crumbs on bottom of 9" springform pan.
• 3 process ricotta until smooth in food processor.
• 4 add yogurt cheese, egg whites, sugar, cocoa, flour and vanilla. process just until well blended.
• 5 pour over crumbs.
• 6 bake 50 minutes or until edges are set.
• 7 turn off oven. leave in oven with door ajar for 1 hour.
• 8 remove from oven.
• 9 cool.
• 10 refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.
• 11 yogurt cheese: line a non rusting colander or sieve with double thickness cheesecloth. place yogurt in colander over a deep bowl. refrigerate until liquid no longer drains from yogurt -- about 24 hours. discard liquid.