This pie is easy, festive, decadent, and delicious. What more can you ask for in a holiday dessert? We only make it for Thanksgiving or Christmas, never both in one year, and not every year – it’s really that rich. I should make a note to myself, though, to make the pie this summer when raspberries are fresh, and then decorate the top with extra berries. And the next time I make it for Christmas, why not decorate it with crystalized ginger and a bit of candied orange peel? Now visions of even more decadence are dancing in my head!
(adapted
from Fast, Fabulous, Foolproof Holiday Desserts – a free recipe booklet
from the Borden Foods Corporation, 1997)
6
ounces cream cheese, softened
1 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
1
egg
3
tablespoons lemon juice
1
teaspoon vanilla extract
1
cup fresh or frozen raspberries
1
ready-made chocolate pie crust
Ingredients
for the glaze:
2
ounces semisweet chocolate
¼
cup whipping cream
Directions for pie:
Heat
oven to 350℉.
With mixer, beat softened cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in sweetened
condensed milk until smooth. Add egg, lemon juice, and vanilla; mix well.
Arrange
raspberries on bottom of crust. Slowly pour cheese mixture over fruit.
Bake
30 to 35 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool.
When
pie is cooled, melt chocolate in cream over low heat. Cook and stir until
thickened and smooth. Remove from heat and pour over pie, spreading glaze to meet
rim of crust. Garnish however you like (or just eat it up).
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