Creme De Cassis Cheesecake

Ingredients

475 ml vanilla water
350 gr sugar
32 gr chocolate
34 gr butter melted
900 ml cream cheese softened
8 gr creme de cassis
4 eggs
95 gr chocolate shaved
450 ml sour cream
3 gr almond extract
1 additional chocolate shaved

Instructions

Combine first 4 ingredients; press in bottom and up sides of a 25 cm springform pan. Chill. Beat cream cheese and 1- quarter cups sugar at high speed of an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add creme de cassis and salt; mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until blended after each addition. Fold in shaved chocolate. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 180ºC or 50 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes. Combine sour cream, quarter cup sugar, and almond extract. Spread over cheesecake. Bake at 180ºC or 10 minutes. Refrigerate cheesecake immediately for at least 8 hours. Garnish with additional shave white chocolate. SOURCE; Beyond Parsley; The Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri America's Best Recipes; A 1988 Hometown Collection; Oxmoor House