Chocolate cheesecake with hazelnuts

 

Chocolate cheesecake with hazelnuts

Portions: 8-10

For the crust:
120g ground digestive cookies
50g ground hazelnuts
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
80g melted unsalted butter

For the cheesecake:
400g cream cheese, at room temperature
150g powder sugar
4 eggs, at room temperature
2 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
200g dark chocolate
120g sour cream

To finish:
100g dark chocolate
50g heavy cream
caramelized hazelnuts

Preheat your oven to 180°C.
To make the crust combine the ground cookies and hazelnuts in a small bowl. Pour the melted butter and stir until the mixture resembles "wet sand". Butter a 18cm springform pan and put the crust mixture in it. Press down the crumbs evenly on the bottom of the pan.
Bake the crust for 10 minutes and then cool completely.

Meanwhile, prepare the cheesecake batter.
Melt the chocolate and let it cool.
Put the cream cheese in a bowl and beat until light and fluffy. Add sugar and combine. Then add the eggs, one at a time, until thoroughly combined. Add cocoa powder and flour and mix. Beat just until incorporated and then stir in the sour cream. Finally, add the melted chocolate and beat everything together.

Cover the bottom and sides of the pan with two or three layers of aluminum foil. This prevents the batter from getting soaked in the water while baking.

Pour the cheesecake mixture over the crust and place the pan in a larger pan. Fill it half way with water and bake the cheesecake for 50-55 minutes, or until the top is set but the center is slightly wobbly when the pan is gently shaken. Let it cool completely in the oven, then chill in the fridge for at least 6 hours.

To finish the cheesecake, melt chocolate and heavy cream together and stir until they are smooth. Pour over the cooled cheesecake and decorate with caramelized hazelnuts.

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As you know one can never have too many cheesecake recipes !
This is my favorite kind of cheesecake and will be the next one I try to make !

Enjoy !

Linda

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30 Days of Gratitude Adventure !

As I think back on this past year, I have so much to be thankful for and if your following me at faithfulacresbodysoulspirit on instagram or Linda Marie Finn on FB, or @FaithfulAcresBk on twitter  you have been reading my things I am thankful for !  If not you might want to go follow me on one or both ! If you are going to friend request me on FB, I suggest you message me first as I rarely approve anyone who I don't know that well. Or leave me a note here and then friend me , be patient and I will get to approving you.

On the 20th of this month I have been in business for myself, working from home.  I have been sharing health and wellness with others as I share my story of how I so far lost over 64 lbs !  How I regained my health and am living my life more contentedly !

I truly was in a state of unhealthy living and needed something to change. I was afraid I was so sick I would die and so overweight that I couldn't do much of anything or myself.  So your saying what changed right ? That's what I was saying to myself, what do I change first and how do I make things better or me and for my family...

You know I have tried for most all my grown up years to lose weight and get healthy. Each time I would get pregnant I put on more weight and never seemed to loose more then 25 lbs, then I would plateau and never lose anymore.  So went the roller coaster ride and I was miserable and always sick and tired.

I decided if I was to get healthy I needed to change my diet !

I cut out a lot of breads, white sugar and started drinking smoothies for breakfast !  I would use yogurt, bananas, pineapple, strawberries and even used Green Powder Max in them.  I lost 10 lbs !!!!  I still felt awful.....

So then I got an herbal cleanse and used it daily for 3 weeks straight as prescribed by the maker.  I used it faithfully and although I knew I was doing something good for my body I started feeling sicker and weaker and my body was reacting to something I was doing.  I dropped another 5 lbs. Well that was the end of that detox as I just couldn't deal with feeling like my BP and my sugar levels were going wacky !

I was ready to give up and then one day a lady on FB said Linda have you ever tried these products I am selling ?   Nope never heard of them, never have tried them , but ya everyone says their stuff works and will help me.... I was so skeptical and just said Ya Ya, when I have money to try it maybe I will do that ! The whole time thinking No I won't , It won't work !

Well, Diane mailed me a catolog and a sample of a product called Greens to Go ! One orange and one berry !  So the next day I got my bottled water that was chilled and poured in the powder and drank down this drink and in an hour or so, I was feeling pretty good !  I was perky and had more energy all day !

" Thought to myself, Ha, there has to be more to this

, it can't be this easy to feel good ".

So Day 2, I got my water that morning and Drank the Orange Greens to Go and once again I had energy all day....Well Diane had sent me a sample of Thermofit also and on the bag wrote take two daily... ok I thought, so I was sitting at my desk and thought I will do that and I took two that morning.... !!!!

I couldn't sit still, I felt like I was bordering on an anxiety attack, but decided well I will get up and go do the dishes , well for several hours I was singing, dancing, cleaning the kitchen !  So much energy that my kids thought I had lost it...

After all  only daddy sings and dances in the kitchen !

Got done and went to my computer and said Diane, you didn't tell me this would make me feel this good, I cleaned the whole kitchen this morning and was singing and dancing !  She laughed and said, How many Thermofit did you take ?  I said you wrote on the bag to take two daily and I took two this morning ! She laughed and said well I would have started with one in the AM and one at Noon, not two at a time !  But Linda I am so glad your feeling better !

(Truth was I was still skeptical)

But being true to my nature, I jumped in with both feet !  I was sick and tired of being sick and tired ! And I was also sick and tired of being in debt and never having money to do anything in life....

I said well Diane if I am going to use this stuff I am going to sell this stuff !

November 20th, 2015

Bought my Business Building Kit $99 and Ordered my Greens (value size $79) and a bottle of Thermofit ($39) !

My first month I lost 25 lbs , got my first 4 Loyal Customers in a week, earned 2 wrap rewards ( 2 boxes of wraps at $25 a box) and $120 in free products !  I was commissions qualified by ordering my kit and I made $52 in commissions in less then 3 weeks !  Actually in one week as that is when I got my first 4 Loyals ! I was rocking, excited and thrilled as I had never made that much money in that little time with any company I worked in before. By month 3 and 4,  I was making $500 to $700 a month in commissions and bonuses !

(just so you know I had in my lifetime worked in Avon, Aloette, Amway, Shaklee, Cameo and Petra Fashions )  I had done my share of direct sales and MLM !

I learned two  things,  Not all businesses are alike !  and Not all products are alike !

I was faithful to use these products and still am today !  I have lost a total of 64 lbs ! and  I share My Story, Hope and Health with everyone who wants to hear about my testimony !

I love helping others find a healthy way of living for them, that includes clean eating, excersize ( not the kind that kills you) , how to decrease or rid your life of stress and just find happiness !

The nice thing is we have not gone a single month since I started my business without any income, we have always had an income now and that is one thing I am very thankful for !

Praise the Lord !  For without Him I am nothing and this would not be what it is today !

If you would like to talk about you health , life or your in need of an income, please feel free to contact me, I would be happy to listen, share with you and help you find an answer to your life's issues...

You can contact me through my email faithfulacresbodysoulspirit@gmail.com

Text Me: 315.529.2360

or leave me a comment here or use my contact page on this site !

~Linda~

~ As a man (person) thinketh in his (their) heart, so is he.(she) ~

The Battle is In the Mind !

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I like the idea of these little envelopes that keep your information private and secure. I think they were a slight bit tight but they work well. All in all a good product to have to protect your cards from theft of your ID.

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My Review

I was amazed with these gloves. They work so well and save me having to pull  my gloves off when its so cold outside. They are a nice quality and sewn together nicely. I can swipe my phone and type messages without taking off my gloves and its great to not have to get cold hands just to answer the phone.

Linda

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I am very pleased that this product is free of so many things that other companies don't seem to care about
when making things for babies. This company really cares about health and well being. I love that its made from
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I recieved this product free for my honest and unbiased review.

Linda

Fractionated Coconut Carrier Oil & Massage Oil

goPURE Naturals is an all new, All Natural Skin Care Brand launching this month after years of research and development.

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I really like this Coconut Oil. It works great for Massage Oil and you can add a variety of essential oils to it for a aromatherapy effect.  I like that it has a long shelf life and I can use some and still know that this is going to last.  It works great for a hot oil hair treatment as well and its very healing for the scalp and for the skin.

If your looking to make your own beauty products, give this a try !

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I really love this scoop for ice cream.  Its tip is just shaped so nicely and digs into the ice cream and works perfectly each time.  Its nice and heavy duty and does the job wonderfully.

It has a nice grip handle and I know this will last us a long long time and it is our only ice cream scoop now.  Give this one a try, I guarentee you will not be buying another one for years to come.

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Linda

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I really like this product. No Junk in it to mess up your system.
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Linda

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I really like the long lasting quality of this Fractionated Coconut Oil .  I loved using it to make Lavender Massage Oil for bedtime.  I also like it just plain for my hair as a warm oil treatment. It has many uses and I like the 16 oz bottle size so you can make many things and still have it stay good.

Linda

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Zinc Oxide Powder

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Zinc Oxide is a white powder with wonderful astringent properties. It physically works to provide 28 times the skin's natural protections against harmful UVA & UVB rays and has a great soothing effect for use in many skin preparations. It is uncoated and is an inert ingredient, often used to thicken lotions and creams.

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I love this powder ! Made up some homemade diaper cream for my new grandson !
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Well since my girls have younger skin that is in need of gentle yet good cleansing, I chose  this sponge for them.  It is soft yet it is great for their skin by gently removing any dead skin cells without being harsh.  These are so easy to use by softening the sponge and applying a tiny amount of cleanser to it and applying to the face and neck. Then rinse the sponge and add water and use to rinse as well. Patting face dry after and applying a good moisturizer.  The Girls really love these and I am sure your girls will as well. To get some you can find them here http://amzn.to/1w3mFyt

Linda