No. 12 – Strawberry Chocolate Pie

Fresh strawberries, chocolate graham crackers, sweetened whipped cream, Nutella together with cream cheese.  Oh yeah!  My son’s roommate asked if I could brand something that tasted similar chocolate covered strawberries thence I went inwards search of a skillful recipe.  I works life this 1 on http://www.food.com/ and modified it a niggling bit.  It tastes a lot similar a chocolate covered strawberry, thence I believe nosotros bring success!

I am thence grateful that my son, his girlfriend, roommate together with his crew at the firehouse similar pie.  It’s actually form of cute how somebody stops over on sun to selection it up.  My married adult man together with I commonly bring 1 piece each.  I am thankful, to a greater extent than than I tin say, that nosotros don’t bring to swallow a whole pie each week!

As y'all tin see, this pie has a graham cracker crust thence no rolling pivot is needed.  You tin brand your ain crust or buy cook made.  Chocolate is preferred merely evidently volition practice too.

Grahams, butter together with sugar.  If using unsalted butter, y'all tin add together a dash of salt.

Break about 12 whole graham crackers into pieces together with house inwards the bowl of your Cuisinart DFP-14BCN 14-Cup Food Processor, Brushed Stainless Steel.  Or if y'all don’t bring a nutrient processor, house the grahams inwards a large Ziploc handbag together with crunch alongside a rolling pin. I knew I could notice a skillful role for that rolling pivot today!

Also add together most 1/8 loving cup sugar.

Pulse until most all crackers are chopped.  H5N1 few chunks is a skillful thing.

Pour inwards vi tablespoons melted butter together with pulse in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than until pieces kickoff to stick together.

Press the mixture into the bottom together with upwardly the sides of a deep dish pie plate.  Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes.  Cool piece preparing the filling.

The filling is made inwards 2 steps.  For the bottom layer, combine the Nutella, softened cream cheese together with powdered carbohydrate inwards a medium bowl.

Blend alongside a mixer until smoothen together with creamy.

Spread inwards the bottom of the cooled pie crust.

Refrigerate piece preparing the strawberry topping.

Measure most 3/4 loving cup of the strawberries, diced.

Put the strawberries inwards a pot together with squash them alongside a white patato masher or fork.

Add the carbohydrate …

… cornstarch …

… together with water.

Mix good together with oestrus until boiling.

Stir constantly piece mixture thickens.  Continue to boil for 1 minute.

You tin skip the phase if y'all wishing to role pre-made strawberry glaze from your grocer.

Cool the glaze inwards the fridge for most 10 minutes.

Clean the residuum of the strawberries together with slice.

Yummy

Mix the sliced strawberries alongside the glaze.

Carefully spoon into the prepared pie alongside Nutella.

Spread equally evenly equally possible.  Refrigerate until cook to serve.

Slice together with travel on alongside sweetened whip cream if desired.

Enjoy.

I can’t believe we’re already into calendar week 12 of 2011.  Time is actually flying.  Since chocolate seems to withal last inwards flavour (chocolate has four seasons!) I intend calendar week thirteen volition last a chocolate brownie type pie.  It’s a lot of fun getting to selection what’s next!  Please allow me know if y'all are looking for anything especial together with I’ll run across what I tin do.  Hope y'all had a adventure to gustation together with make a Lemon Ice Box pie.  It was pretty amazing!

P.S.  Oops – I forgot to add together the recipe!  Thanks Marilyn!

Strawberry Chocolate Pie

1 graham cracker pie crust (chocolate or plain)

3/4 loving cup Nutella (chocolate hazelnut spread)

8 ounces cream cheese, softened

1/4 loving cup powdered sugar

1 1/2 pounds fresh strawberries

1/3 loving cup granulated sugar

1/2 loving cup water

2 tablespoons cornstarch

Crust:

12 chocolate graham crackers

1/8 loving cup sugar

6 tablespoons butter, melted

Crush graham crackers together with mix alongside sugar.  This tin easily last done inwards a nutrient processor.  Add the melted butter together with stir until combined.  Press into the bottom together with upwardly the sides of a pie plate.  Bake for 8 minutes inwards a 325 score oven.  Cool.

Filling:

In a medium bowl, shell cream cheese, powdered carbohydrate together with Nutella alongside a mixer.  Spread mixture evenly inwards the pie crust.  Refrigerate.

Slice together with squash most 3/4 loving cup of the strawberries.  In a medium saucepan, mix the mashed berries, granulated sugar, cornstarch together with water.  Heat over high until boiling, stirring constantly.  Continue to boil together with stir some other minute.  Remove from oestrus together with cool inwards the fridge for most 10 minutes.  (You tin skip this footstep together with role store-bought prepared glaze.)

Slice the remaining strawberries.  When glaze is cool, pour over sliced berries together with toss to combine.  Spoon strawberries into the pie pan.  Refrigerate until cook to serve.  Slice together with serve alongside sweeted whipped cream.

Thanks thence much for stopping by!

Tricia

Source: savingdessert.com