Amaretto Amaretti Chocolate Fudge Pie
Frankly, with any chocolate fudge pie, it's hard to go wrong. This delicious dessert pie recipe has decadent ingredients such as Amaretto liqueur and Amaretti cookies to form a sweet dessert for the ages.
Ingredients
- 4 ounce unsweetened chocolate
- 1 3/4 sticks (14 tablespoons) unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 30 amaretti cookies, crushed
- 4 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoon Amaretto
- Whipped cream, as an accompaniment
Instructions
- In the top of a double boiler melt 1 ounce of the chocolate with 6 tablespoons of the butter and let the mixture cool.
- In a 9 x 3 inch springform pan combine 2 tablespoons of the sugar with the amaretti, stir in the chocolate mixture, and combine the mixture well.
- Press the crumb mixture onto the bottom and one-third of the way up the side of the pan and chill the crust.
- In the top of a double boiler melt together the remaining 3 ounces chocolate and the remaining 8 tablespoons butter and let the mixture cool.
- In a bowl with an electric mixer beat together the eggs and the salt, add the remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar, a little at a time, and beat the mixture until it is thick and pale yellow.
- Beat in the corn syrup, the heavy cream, the vanilla, the Amaretto, and the chocolate mixture.
- Pour the filling into the crust, bake the pie in the middle of a preheated 350 degree F oven for 50 minutes and let it cool on a rack.
- Run a thin knife around the edge of the pan, and serve the pie with the whipped cream.