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Title: Chocolate Shot Cheesecake
Categories: Cheesecakes
Yield: 10 Servings

MMMMM------------------------CRUMB CRUST-----------------------------
1 1/2 c Graham cracker crumbs
3 tb Sugar
1 ts Ground cinnamon
1/2 c Butter; melted

MMMMM-----------------------CHEESE FILLING----------------------------
16 oz Cream cheese (2 pkg);
-softened
1/2 c Sugar
1 ts Lemon rind; grated
1 tb Lemon juice
1/2 ts Vanilla
2 Eggs; separated

MMMMM--------------------------TOPPING-------------------------------
1 c Sour cream
2 tb Sugar
1 ts Vanilla
Chocolate shot candy
-decor ations

Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 70 minutes
Total time: 1 hour 40 minutes

This is on page 161 of San Francisco Firehouse Favorites by Tony
Calvello, Bruce Harlow, Georgia Sackett, and Shirley Sarvis,
published 1965 by Bonanza Books--a locally famous, long out-of-print
cookbook put together by SFFD firefighters blessed with gastronomic
sophistication.

SFFD tradition held that, because of a grueling schedule of a 24-hour
watch, from 8 a.m. to 8 a.m., then get two days off, repeating this
pattern for 16 days (then a longer break), "every day is a Friday and
every meal is a banquet".

Crumb Crust:

Mix together thoroughly crumbs, sugar, cinnamon, and melted butter,
and press over bottom and sides of a buttered 9" spring form pan.
Bake in a slow oven (300°F) for 5 minutes; cool.

Cheese Filling:

In a large mixing bowl, beat cheese until fluffy. Add sugar, lemon
peel and juice, and vanilla; beat thoroughly. Add egg yolks, one at a
time, beating well after each addition. Beat egg whites until stiff
but not dry, and fold in. Turn into crumb crust. Bake in a slow oven
(300°F) for 55 minutes, or until golden and set.

Topping:

Mix together sour cream, sugar, and vanilla. Spread over top of hot
cake. Return cake to slow oven (300°F), and bake 10 minutes more.
Cool thoroughly. Sprinkle top with chocolate shot. Remove sides from
pan.

Notes:

Bob Burns credited the original recipe to his wife, and says the
original called for half a cube of butter for the wife, but he
prefers to use the whole thing. Likewise, his wife's version said to
bake for 45 minutes, but he recommends baking until brown on top,
which might even take an hour, and that it should be "nice and stiff".

The term "chocolate shot" seems to have dropped out of usage, since
1965. Personally, I infer from a different old recipe that it means
chocolate sprinkles. My friend AJ suggests it might refer (instead)
to a product like Rainbowland Candy Co.'s chocolate-flavored liquid
candy in syringe packaging (suitable for writing, or making a figure
atop the cake). Either sounds plausible; be creative!

Recipe by Bob Burns, Truck Compan No. 3

Recipe FROM:
<http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/recipes/chocolate-shot-cheesecake.html>

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