Italian Silk Pie

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Makes: 10 servings
Serving size: 1 slice
Yield: 1 9-inch pie
Prep 45 mins
Bake 375F 5 mins
Chill 2 hrs
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Italian Silk Pie
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ingredients
6 tablespoons butter
1 ounce semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 1/4 cups finely crushed chocolate wafer cookies
1/4 cup ground almonds
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
4 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon amaretto
2 teaspoons instant espresso coffee powder
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
6 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 8 ounce cartonmascarpone cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups whipping cream
2 teaspoons amaretto
Unsweetened cocoa powder (optional)

directions
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a small saucepan cook and stir butter and 1 ounce chocolate over
low heat until melted. Cool to room temperature.
2. For crust, in a medium bowl stir together crushed cookies, ground almonds, and granulated sugar. Stir
in butter mixture until combined. Press mixture onto the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie plate.
Bake for 5 to 8 minutes or until set. Cool on a wire rack.
3. Meanwhile, place 4 ounces chocolate in a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on 100 percent
power (high) for 40 to 60 seconds or until melted and smooth, stirring twice; set aside.
4. In another small bowl stir together 1 tablespoon amaretto and espresso powder until powder is
dissolved.
5. In a large mixing bowl beat cream cheese with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat
in 4 tablespoons (1/4 cup) of the powdered sugar. Beat in mascarpone cheese just until combined. Using
a rubber spatula, fold in melted chocolate, amaretto mixture, and vanilla just until combined (do not
overmix).
6. In a medium mixing bowl beat whipping cream on medium speed until soft peaks form (tips curl). Add
the remaining 2 tablespoons powdered sugar and 2 teaspoons amaretto. Beat just until stiff peaks begin
to form. Fold about one-fourth of the whipped cream into chocolate mixture. Pour mixture into pie
crust, spreading evenly. Pipe or spread remaining whipped cream over chocolate mixture. Chill pie for 2
to 12 hours before serving. If desired, sprinkle with cocoa powder.
nutrition facts (Italian Silk Pie)
Servings Per Recipe 10, cal. (kcal) 504, Fat, total (g) 42, chol. (mg) 109, sat. fat (g) 24, carb. (g) 31,
Monosaturated fat (g) 13, Polyunsaturated fat (g) 2, Trans fatty acid (g) 0, fiber (g) 2, sugar (g) 20, pro.
(g) 8, vit. A (IU) 875, vit. C (mg) 0, Thiamin (mg) 0, Riboflavin (mg) 0, Niacin (mg) 1, Pyridoxine (Vit. B6)
(mg) 0, Folate (g) 16, Cobalamin (Vit. B12) (g) 0, sodium (mg) 223, Potassium (mg) 157, calcium (mg)
50, iron (mg) 1, Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie die