Elegant Raspberry Chocolate Pie
A good pie for raspberry & chocolate fans.
Servings 8
Cost 5
Ingredients
- 1 pkg chocolate crumb crust
- 1 package raspberry flavored Jell-O 4 serving raspberry Jell-O
- 1 ¼ cup boiling water
- 1 pint vanilla ice cream softened
Ganache Topping
- ¼ cup heavy cream OR 3 T. margarine**
- 56 grams semisweet chocolate, chopped
Garnish
- Cool Whip, enough for piping
- Chocolate pieces or Cookie pieces optional
- raspberries optional
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, dissolve Jell-O in boiling water.
- Spoon in softened ice cream into the Jell-O and stir until melted and smooth.,
- Chill until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes.
- Pour into crust and chill until firm (2 hours).
- Make the chocolate topping. You can choose from a chocolate ganache topping made with cream and chocolate or a mixture of melted margarine and chocolate. To make the ganache, heat the cream in the microwave or over the stove. Add chocolate to hot cream. Let stand for 2 minutes, then stir until smooth. If using margarine, melt margarine with chocolate by heating in the microwave and stirring at 30 second intervals.
- Spread whichever chocolate mixture you've chosen over pie and allow it to chill until the chocolate hardens.
- Garnish with whipped topping, chocolate pieces and fresh raspberries.
Notes
For a homemade crumb crust, mix 1 ½ cups of chocolate cookie crumbs (Nabisco Famous Wafers) with 6 tablespoons of melted butter. Press into a 9 inch pie dish and bake at 350 for 6 minutes. Let cool completely before using.
For the chocolate topping, you can make a ganache using 56 grams of whipping cream and 56 grams of chocolate or you can melt 3 tablespoons of margarine with 2 oz of chocolate. I'm sure butter would work as well. We were glad we used the ganache topping because it was easy to fork into.