Raspberry and chocolate pie(mhrh24b)

 
                  RASPBERRY AND CHOCOLATE PIE   (MHRH24B)
 
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 Serving Size  : 8    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Pies                             Chocolate
                 Fruits                           Desserts
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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                         Shirley Ferguson
                         -----CRUST-----
    1 1/4  cups          Vanilla wafer crumbs
      1/2  cup           Pecans -- finely chopped
      1/3  cup           Butter -- melted
    3      tablespoons   Sugar
      1/3  cup           Semi-sweet chocolate chips
                         -----FILLING-----
    8      ounces        Cream cheese -- softened
      3/4  cup           Powdered sugar -- sifted
    1      teaspoon      Vanilla
    1      cup           Whipping cream
   20      ounces        Raspberries -- frozen*
      1/2  cup           Raspberry jam -- seedless**
 
 *  2 (10 oz.) boxes, defrosted and drained. ** Jam should be heated until
melted. Crust: Combine all ingredients except chocolate chips. Mix until
blended.Pat mixture on the bottom and sides of a buttered 9 inch pie pan. Bake
at 350 degrees for about 8 minutes.Sprinkle the chocolate chips on top and
return to oven for 1 minute to melt chocolate. Remove from oven and spread
melted chocolate evenly on crust, forming a thin chocolate layer. Set aside to
cool. Beat together the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
In a separate bowl, beat the cream until it is stiff. On the lowest speed, beat
the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture until blended. Pour into
prepared crust. Stir together the raspberries and melted jam until fruit is
evenly coated. Gently spread raspberries over cream mixture.  Refrigerate.
Note:When I double this, I double everything except the raspberries and use a
9X13 dish. After inviting 4 cooking instructors over for lunch one day, and
wondering what I had gotten myself into (I was a nervous wreck - one of them
was once with Pillsbury and the creator of their ready-made pie crusts) this is
what I decided on for dessert. They all requested the recipe; so I thought it
must be worth sharing it with my friends here.
 
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