Chocolate-Berry Cream Pie |
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 50 Minutes |
Ready In: 80 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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Can be made a day ahead but don't put topping on till just before serving. Passive chilling times vary from 4 hours until overnight. Ingredients:
1 cup chocolate wafer crumbs (about 20 cookies, such as nabisco's famous chocolate wafers) |
2 tablespoons brown sugar |
1 tablespoon butter, melted |
1 egg white |
cooking spray |
1 cup mascarpone cheese or 1 cup fat-free cottage cheese |
1/2 cup cream cheese or 1/2 cup fat free cream cheese, softened |
6 tablespoons granulated sugar or 6 tablespoons splenda granular |
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
1/8 teaspoon salt |
2 tablespoons amaretto (optional) |
2 large egg yolks |
1 large egg yolk |
2 teaspoons almond meal (finely ground almonds) (optional) |
3/4 cup triple berry curds |
1 cup unsweetened frozen blackberrie, thawed |
1 cup unsweetened frozen blueberries, thawed |
1 cup frozen unsweetened raspberries, thawed |
2/3 cup sugar or 2/3 cup splenda granular |
1 tablespoon cornstarch |
1/8 teaspoon salt |
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice |
3 large eggs |
2 tablespoons butter |
Directions:
1. MAKE THE TRIPLE BERRY CURD FIRST:.
2. Place all berries in a blender, and process until smooth.
3. Press berry mixture through a sieve over a medium bowl using the back of a spoon, reserving 1 cup pureé; discard seeds.
4. Reserve any remaining pureé for another use; store in the refrigerator.
5. Combine sugar or sugar sustitute, cornstarch, and salt in medium, heavy saucepan; stirring with a whisk.
6. Stir in cup of pureé, juice, and eggs.
7. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly with whisk.
8. Reduce heat and simmer 1 minute or until thivk, stirring constantly.
9. Remove from heat; add butter, stirring gently until butter melts.
10. Cool.
11. Spoon mixture into a medium bowl; cover and chill for at least 6 hours or overnight(mixture will thicken as it cools).
12. PREPARE THE PIE CRUST AND FILLING:.
13. Preheat oven to 350º.
14. Combine first 4 ingredients in a small bowls; stir with a fork until moist.
15. Press into bottom and 1 up sides of a 9 pie plate coated with cooking spray.
16. Bake for 8 minutes; cool on wire rack.
17. Combine mascarpone or cottage cheese and next 5 ingredients(through Amaretto, if using) in a food processor; process for 1 minute or until smooth.
18. Add eggs and egg yolk; process until smooth.
19. Add almond meal, if using.
20. Poon filling into prepared crsut.
21. Bake for 35 minutes or until set.
22. Cool completely on a wire rack.
23. Cover and chill at least 4 hours or overnight.
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