Black Forest cheesecake – Gourmet Traveller

Ingredients

• 500 gm cream cheese, at room temperature
• 250 gm firm ricotta (11/4 cup)
• 250 gm mascarpone (1 cup)
• 150 gm caster sugar
• 150 gm dark chocolate (53%-58% cocoa solids), melted
• 3 eggs
• Finely grated rind of ½ orange
• Cherries, to serve
• Chocolate crumb
• 100 gm caster sugar
• 220 gm softened butter
• 240 gm plain flour
• 75 gm Dutch-process cocoa, sieved
• Roast cherries
• 300 gm cherries, halved and pitted
• 110 gm caster sugar (1/2 cup)
• Thinly peeled rind and juice of ½ orange and ½ lemon
• 20 ml brandy
• Scraped seeds of 1 vanilla bean