Chocolate Orange Mascarpone Pie |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 30 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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Wonderful chocolate orange cheese pie that uses mascarpone cheese instead of cream cheese.This is from Woman's Day. Ingredients:
cookie crust |
24 chocolate cookie wafers |
1/4c unsalted butter,melted |
1/3c orange marmelade |
filling |
10 oz sem-sweet chocolate,broken up |
3 tubs(8oz ea) mascarpone cheese,room temperature |
1/3c confectioners sugar |
3tbs orange liqueur or orange juice |
1/4tsp salt |
1 lg. seedless orange(optional) |
Directions:
1. Crust: Heat oven to 350. You'll need 9 pie pan
2. Pulse cookies in food processor until fine crumbs;add butter and process till blended. Press mixture evenly into bottom and sides of pie plate. Bake 12 mins.;cool on wire rack.Spread marmelade over cooled crust.
3. Filling: Microwave chocolate in glass bowl,15 seconds at a time,stirring till melted. Gently mix mascarpone,sugar,liqueur and salt in large bowl just till blended(do not stir too much or mix will curdle). Fold in melted chocolate till no white streaks remain.
4. If desired,put 1/2c chocolate mixture in a small ziptop freezer bag and snip off a tiny corner;reserve for garnish. Spread remaining chocolate mixture in cookie crust. Chill at least 2 hours till firm.
5. Garnish: Cut orange in 1/4 thick slices. Drain on paper towels,cut each slice in half,twist ends and arrange on pie. Pipe little dollops of reserved filling on orange twists to help secure. Serve at room temperature.
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