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Chocolate-Ricotta Pie

Chocolate-Ricotta Pie
Chocolate-Ricotta Pie requires about 3 hours and 10 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 12 servings with 390 calories, 8g of protein, and 27g of fat each. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up ricotta cheese, semisweet chocolate chips, egg yolks, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

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Watch how to make this recipe.
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Blend the flour, cornmeal, 3/4 cup pine nuts, 1/4 cup sugar, and salt in a food processor until finely ground.
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Add the butter and pulse, just until the dough forms. Press the dough over the bottom and about 2 inches up the sides of an 11-inch-diameter tart pan with a removable bottom. Refrigerate until the dough is firm, about 30 minutes.
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
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Line the tart dough with aluminum foil and fill with pie weights or dried beans.
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Bake the tart shell in the lower third of the oven until just set, about 25 minutes. Carefully remove the foil and pie weights.
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Bake the shell until golden, about 10 minutes longer. Cool completely.
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Combine the remaining 3/4 cup of sugar with 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Cool the sugar syrup slightly.
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In a double boiler, melt the chocolate over very softly simmering water.
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Pulse the ricotta cheese and cream cheese in a food processor until smooth.
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Add the egg and egg yolks, 1 at a time, and process until smooth.
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Add the melted chocolate and process until combined. With the machine running, add the sugar syrup in a thin steady stream and process until smooth.
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Pour the custard into the tart shell and bake until the filling is almost set, about 30 minutes or until the custard has set. Scatter the remaining 3/4 cup toasted pine nuts on top of the filling.
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Let the tart cool completely before serving.
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The tart can be wrapped in plastic and refrigerated for up to 3 days. Return the tart to room temperature before serving.
DifficultyExpert
Ready In3 hrs, 10 m.
Servings12
Health Score4
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