chocolate cheese cranberry pie
I wanted to make a new dessert to add for the holidays. I combined a chocolate ganache with a no bake cheese cake layer topped with a Cranberry topping in a graham cracker crust. The combination works very well together.i also think a cherry topping would taste delicious with this pie as well. I will be adding this to my Christmas dessert list. I hope you all enjoy it! :-)
prep time
25 Min
cook time
10 Min
method
Bake
yield
1 pie
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
- BOTTOM CHOCOLATE LAYER
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- 2/3 cup heavy cream
- 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
- TOP LAYER
- NOTE: I USED AN 8 INCH PYREX PIE PAN. FOR A DEEPER 9 INCH PAN. PLEASE DOUBLE THE INGREDIENTS FOR THE TOP CHOCOLATE CHEESE LAYER.
- 3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- 6 ounces softened cream cheese
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons softened butter
- 1 cup cool whip topping
- CRANBERRY TOPPING, OR SKIP AND USE CANNED CHERRY PIE FILLING
- 2 cups fresh cranberries
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 2 teaspoons corn starch
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 1 tablespoon orange liquor of choice (optional)
- WHIPPED CREAM OR COOL WHIP FOR GARNISH
How To Make chocolate cheese cranberry pie
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Step 1Heat oven to 350 degree's. Prepare cranberry topping. In a saucepan. Place water, sugar, orange juice, orange zest,and corn starch mix well. Heat burner to high heat. Add cranberries.
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Step 2Bring to a boil. Stir and boil until cranberries burst. Reduce heat to low. Continue cooking until mixture thickens up. Remove from heat. Add liquor optional, and stir. Pour in to bowl and refrigerate.
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Step 3Make crust. In a bowl. Mix graham cracker crumbs with sugar, and melted butter. Combine really well. Stir in the walnuts and pour in to pie pan. Pat mixture in to pan and up sides bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Remove from oven.
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Step 4Make ganache. In a bowl mix chocolate chips with cream. Microwave on high 1 minute. Stop and stir. Heat again 20 seconds stop and stir. Continue doing this until chocolate is melted. Pour ganache on top of crust. Sprinkle chopped walnuts on top.Place in fridge to cool.
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Step 5When cooled. Make top layer. Melt chocolate chips in microwave. Stop and stir every 30 seconds until melted. In a bowl beat cream cheese with softened butter, and sugar until smooth. Add the melted chocolate. Beat until combined well. Fold in the cool whip, or other non dairy topping until no white shows. Pour over Ganache in pie pan. Smooth with spatula, or spoon. Refrigerate until set.
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Step 6Before serving. Top with Cranberry topping, or cold cherry pie filling. Serve with cool whip or whipped cream.
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Category:
Pies
Category:
Chocolate
Tag:
#Quick & Easy
Tag:
#For Kids
Diet:
Vegetarian
Diet:
Soy Free
Keyword:
#Thanksgiving
Keyword:
#Christmas
Keyword:
#Holidays
Keyword:
#Cranberry
Keyword:
#Chocolate-pie
Keyword:
#pie
Keyword:
#chocolate cherry
Ingredient:
Fruit
Method:
Bake
Culture:
American
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