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Chocolate, Berry and Cream Cheese Pie - The Simple Celebration
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Chocolate, Berry and Cream Cheese Pie

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 10

Ingredients

  • Pie crust premade or your own recipe
  • 1/2 bar unsweetened baking chocolate
  • 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream divided
  • 1 Tbsp butter softened
  • Splash of spiced rum optional
  • Pinch sugar
  • 8 oz cream cheese softened
  • Vanilla extract splash
  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar
  • Strawberries cut in half
  • Blueberries
  • 1 ounce chocolate milk, dark, or white

Instructions

  • Place pie crust in a pretty pie pan and make according to directions.  Cool.            

Ganache:

  • Chop chocolate into small pieces and place in a medium bowl.
  • In a small saucepan, bring 1/4 cup heavy cream to a boil and immediately pour over the chocolate.
  • Add butter and optional rum to mixture and whisk until combined.  Add a pinch or two of sugar (it should be very bitter).
  • Pour ganache onto pie crust and let set (you can put in the freezer while prepping the filling).

Cream Cheese Filling:

  • Cut softened cream cheese into small pieces and put in a large bowl with a splash of vanilla extract.
  • Sift 1/4 powdered sugar on top of cream cheese and beat until smooth.  Add more sifted powdered sugar until desired sweetness is reached.
  • Spoon filling into pie and level with spatula.

Topping:

  • Starting from the outside of the pie, place strawberries in concentric circles until you reach the middle.  Fill in empty spaces with blueberries.
  • Cut chocolate into small pieces.  Heat 1/4 cup heavy cream to a boil.
  •  Pour a tablespoon at a time of the hot cream over the chocolate and mix together until it forms a paste.
  • Fill a Ziplock bag with chocolate mixture, cut off a bottom corner, drizzle filling over pie. Refrigerate until ready to serve.