Dark Chocolate and Pumpkin Cheesecake-Part 1

Chocolate cookie crust: 1 c Pecan pieces

6 Deep dark chocolate fudge

Cookies/ (recipe follows) 1 ts Unslated butter; melted

Chocolate cheesecake: 8 oz Semisweet chocolate

Broken in 1/2-oz pieces 1/4 c Brewed coffee; full strength

3/4 lb Cream cheese; softened

3/4 c Granulated sugar

1/2 ts Salt

3 Eggs

1 ts Vanilla

Pumpkin cheesecake - 2 ts Unsalted butter; melted

1 lb Cream cheese

3/4 Granulated sugar

2 tb All-purpose flour

1/2 ts Salt

3 Eggs

1 ts Vanilla

1 c Pumpkin puree

1/4 ts Ground cinnamon

1/4 ts Ground allspice

1/8 ts Ground cloves

Semisweet chocolate ganache -- 1 c Heavy cream

2 tb Unslated butter

2 tb Granulated sugar

12 oz Semisweet chocolate

Broken into 1/2-oz pieces See parts 2 and 3 -----