Pressure Cooker Chocolate Orange Cheesecake

Serves 10 in about 1 hour. The pot starts with pkgs cream cheese, then heavy cream.

Ingredients

• 20 chocolate sandwich cookies (filling scraped out so you have 40 halves)
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• ½ teaspoon orange zest, grated
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 2 8 oz pkgs cream cheese, room temp
• ½ cup plus 1 tbsp sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 ½ teaspoons orange zest, grated
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 cup chocolate chips, semi sweet (or mix semi sweet and dark chocolate)
• ½ cup heavy cream, room temp
• ½ teaspoon instant espresso powder (you can do without, but it enhances the chocolate flavor!)
• ½ cup sour cream
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons corn starch
• 3 eggs, room temp
• ½ cup chocolate chips, semi sweet
• ⅓ cup heavy cream

Method

1. Use a 7 or 8 inch cheesecake pan.
2. Spray the pan with baking spray. If you have parchment paper, cut a piece to fit the bottom of your pan and spray that too.
3. Put 1/2 cups of water in the inner liner of the pressure cooker.
4. Put the trivet in the pot as well.
5. Usually made with aluminum foil, used to get the cheesecake in and out of the pot easily.
6. Fold a 28” length of foil along the long end 3 times. You will end up with a sling that is 28” x 3”
7. Scrape the filling out of the cookies and place them in a food processor. Discard the filling.
8. Stir in 1 Tbsp sugar and orange zest.
9. Pulse several times until the cookies turn into fine crumbs.
10. Tip in the melted butter and pulse several times to combine and soften the crumbs. You may need to scrape the bowl of the food processor and pulse a few more times.
11. Tip in crust mixture into your prepared pan and use your fingers or the bottom of a small glass (or a wood tamper) to press the mixture into place. Cover the entire bottom of the pan and come up the sides a little.
12. Put the pan in the freezer to chill and firm up while you prepare the cheesecake filling.
13. Clean the crust residue out of the food processor.
14. Tip in the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla and process until smooth and creamy.
15. Stir in the orange zest, orange juice, lemon juice.
16. Pulse a several times until well combined.
17. In a microwave safe bowl, add the chocolate chips and heavy cream. Warm for 25 seconds in microwave.
18. Stir in the cocoa powder and corn starch. Pulse several times to combine. Then process for a instant to make it smooth and creamy.
19. Tip in the eggs last. Pulse just until combined. If you whip the eggs too much the cheesecake will puff up and won't have the right consistency.
20. Take the crust from the freezer and pour the filling into the pan.
21. Cover the pan with a paper towel, then with a piece of foil. Crimp the edges around the pan so it stays taut and secure.
22. Lay the sling out and set the pan on it, centered. Gather up the two ends and very carefully lift the pan and set it in the pressure cooker, leaving the sling with it. Just fold over the two ends of the sling on top of the pan.
23. Close the lid of the pressure cooker and set the steam vent to the Sealing position.
24. Press the Manual (or Pressure Cook) button/dial and then the +/ - button to choose 43 minutes.
25. When cook cycle ends, let the cooker naturally release pressure until the pin in the lid drops down. Then turn off the pot and open the lid, but let the cheesecake sit in the pot for another 10 minutes. Cooling it slowly helps eliminate cracks.
26. Leave covered for 10 minutes, then carefully peel off the foil/paper towel and check for doneness.
27. Cheesecake is done when it jiggles a little when the pan is shook. You don't want waves, but it should jiggle a little. It will firm up in the fridge. If it looks too loose, cover it back up and cook for another 5 minutes, and let naturally release for 15 minutes.
28. Leave it to cool for an hour, then put the pan in the fridge to chill for at least 4 hours before serving.
29. In a microwave safe bowl, add the chocolate chips and heavy cream. Warm for 25 seconds in microwave. Mix very well and put back in for another 25 seconds. Mix very well again. It may take a couple minutes of stirring to become creamy and glossy.
30. Tip in over the cooled cheesecake and let set up in the refrigerator.

More instant pot ideas are in the instant pot collection.