 Not so cyster-friendly pie! Sorry!
I know this is so wrong on so many levels for us here, but I was watching Paula's Home Cooking on the Food Network and I MUST try this pie sometime... Man it looks SO yummy!
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Pie
Recipe courtesy Paula Deen
Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Medium
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Inactive Prep Time: 4 hours
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Ganache:
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup heavy cream
Filling:
6 1/2 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup heavy cream, plus 3/4 cup, whipped soft
6 1/2 (1-ounce) squares premium white baking chocolate, melted
1/2 teaspoon orange zest
2/3 cup roasted, chopped macadamia nuts
1 pre-baked deep-dish (9-inch) pie shell
Garnish:
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 to 2 ounces chopped macadamia nuts
Ganache:
Place chocolate chips in a metal mixing bowl. Bring cream to a simmer over medium heat. Pour simmering cream over chips and stir until melted. Set aside and allow to cool to room temperature.
Filling:
Beat cream cheese and sugar with a handheld electric mixer until smooth. Scrape bowl with a spatula and mix in 1/3 cup heavy cream. Add the melted white chocolate, zest, and nuts and stir just until incorporated. Fold in the whipped cream. Spread into pre-baked pie shell and level off using a rubber spatula. Put in freezer until frozen.
To finish pie, place the ganache in the microwave on low for no more than 10 seconds at a time. Stir after each warming, until ganache pours loosely but is not even close to boiling. Be very careful when warming chocolate, as it will burn very quickly when heated in the microwave. Once chocolate is scorched it is unusable. Spread warm ganache over top of frozen pie, smoothing to the edges with a spatula.
Garnish:
Beat cream and confectioners' sugar with a handheld electric mixer to stiff peaks. Transfer to a piping bag and pipe edges of pie with whipped cream. Sprinkle macadamia nuts over top. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
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This sounds so good... I love macadamia nuts. Mmm and chocolate... this is the wrong time of the month for me to be reading this! LOL. I'll have to try making this for my family later in the summer. Thanks for posting it Amber!
