chocolate ricotta pie
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It is always requested for every holiday. My mother's neighbor is Italian. When we moved into the house next door, she brought this over to welcome us to the neighborhood. I enjoyed it and asked for the recipe.
(1 rating)
yield
8 serving(s)
cook time
2 Hr
Ingredients For chocolate ricotta pie
- CRUST
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1 1/4 cgraham cracker crumbs
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1/2 cbutter, melted
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2 Tbspgranulated sugar
- FILLING
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1 lbricotta cheese
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3/4 cconfectioners' sugar
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1 tspalmond extract
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1 calmonds, toasted
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1/2 csemi-sweet chocolate chips
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1 1/4 cheavy cream
How To Make chocolate ricotta pie
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1PRE-HEAT oven to 375F.
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2MIX graham cracker crumbs, butter and sugar together in a bowl. Shape inside 9” pie plate. If crust is too crumbly, add a small amount of butter so crumbs will hold together. Bake at 375 for 8-9 minutes, until lightly browned. Allow to cool.
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3COMBINE ricotta, confectioner’s sugar, and almond extract in a bowl and set aside.
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4COMBINE almonds and chocolate. Chop together in a food processor; do not chop too fine.
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5FOLD together cheese mix and chopped almond & chocolate and chill.
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6WHIP heavy cream until stiff. Fold into ricotta and chocolate mix half at a time.
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7SPOON into chilled crust and let sit overnight before serving.
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8Serve with chocolate sauce, if desired.
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