Italian Chocolate Chip Pie (cannoli Pie)
Ingredients
- 12-oz. container fat-free pot cheese (dry cottage cheese)
- 2 whole eggs or 1/2 C. thawed no-cholesterol egg white product
- 1/2 C. white creme de cacao liqueur
- 1/4 teaspoon bottled orange peel (optional)
- 2 egg whites separated from fresh whole eggs
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 12 teaspoon sugar
- 3 T. miniature chocolate chips
- ready-to-fill graham cracker crust
Instructions
Combine pot cheese, eggs, creme de cacao and optional orange peel in a covered blender and process smooth. Meanwhile, combine the fresh egg whites and salt in a nonplastic mixer bowl and beat stiff with an electric mixer. Add the sugar a little at a time. Gently but thoroughly fold in the cheese mixture, then gently fold in chocolate chips. Spoon into pie shell and bake in a preheated 325 degree oven one hour. Chill before serving. Makes eight servings, about 185 calories each.