Description: This delicious pie is a favorite among all of Rosie's 13 children and not to mention that Hobbit in the corner stuffing his face (Sam).
Submitted by: Morlothwen on 2004-01-08 17:17:00
Serves: 8 servings
Prep Time: Prep: 15 minutes Chill: 3 hours Cook: 10 minutes
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ingredients
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened1/3 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1 cup whipping cream, whipped
1 baked 9-inch pastry shell
1 quart small fresh strawberries, hulled
3 (1-ounce) squares semisweet chocolate
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
Instructions
Beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar and almond extract, beating well.Stir one-fourth of whipped cream into cream cheese mixture; fold in remaining whipped cream. Spoon mixture into pastry shell.
Arrange strawberries , stem side down, over whipped cream mixture. Cover and chill 3 hours.
Melt chocolate and butter in a small heavy saucepan over low heat, and cool.
Spoon melted chocolate mixture into a large heavy-duty, zip-top plastic bag or a decorating bag fitted with a No. 2 round tip; seal bag. Right before serving, pipe chocolate mixture in a decorative design over strawberries.
1 Comment
Best pie recipe ever. The cream cheese/whipped cream filling complements the strawberries and chocolate perfectly. Seriously, you’ll have to chain yourself to a wall to stop yourself from running to the refrigerator and eating it all…