# Dubai Chocolate Cheesecake

A baked cheesecake with a kataifi pistachio crust, a creamy cheesecake filling, and a rich dark chocolate topping.

- Servings: 8 servings
- Cuisine: Turkish
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 cups kataifi
- 5 tbsp butter
- 0.33 cup granulated sugar
- 0.5 cup crushed raw Turkish pistachios
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 packages cream cheese
- 0.33 cup sour cream
- 0.75 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 0.5 tbsp corn starch
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 large eggs
- 1.5 cups kataifi
- 1 tbsp peanut oil
- 1 cup pistachio cream
- 0.25 cup crushed pistachios
- 125 g high quality chocolate

## Instructions

1. Cut kataifi into small pieces.
2. Toast kataifi in a medium pan over low heat with 1 tbsp of butter until lightly golden. Add remaining butter and toast until crisp.
3. Mix toasted kataifi with sugar, pistachios, and melted butter in a medium bowl.
4. Press mixture into the bottom of a baking pan.
5. In a bowl, mix cream cheese, sour cream, heavy cream, sugar, flour, cornstarch, vanilla, and eggs until smooth and creamy.
6. Pour batter over the crust and bake until set.
7. Melt chocolate in a double boiler.
8. Mix 1 1/2 cups kataifi with pistachio cream and peanut oil.
9. Spread mixture over the cheesecake batter.
10. Pour melted chocolate over the pistachio layer.
11. Garnish with crushed pistachios.

## Equipment

- knife
- wooden spoon
- medium pan
- medium bowl
- baking pan
- whisk
- spatula

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFfwaztOyKo/?igsh=MXFtbm12dXJiOHFjaQ==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/6673cf02-4d1f-4ce8-af7d-6568ffc422f1
- Extracted: 2025-02-24

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