Chocolate Truffle Pie
- 1 cup ground Amaretto di Saronna cookie crumbs
- 1 cup ground graham cracker crumbs
- 8 tablespoons melted polyunsaturated margarine
- 1 1/2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
- 2 tablespoons cold water
- 23 cup low-fat milk
- 5 tablespoons nonfat dry milk powder
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar, plus 1 1/2 teaspoons for garnish
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup Amaretto di Saronna liqueur
- 23 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/4 cups part-skim ricotta cheese, pureed until smooth in a blender
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- Combine all the ingredients in a medium-size bowl and mix well.
- Empty the mixture into an 8 1/2-inch heart-shaped tart form set on a large baking sheet.
- Press the crumbs against the bottom and sides of the form to make an even layer, then refrigerate the crust 15 minutes.
- Bake the crust 15 minutes or until crisp and dry.
- Cool thoroughly then fill with the chocolate truffle cream.
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Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/10690 (may not work)