Recipe: Strawberry and Chocolate Cream Pie!

(taken from @hannahwaddelow)

Ingredients (9-inch pie):

Crust

1 1/2 cups digestive biscuits

1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted

2 tablespoons cocoa powder
Filling

1 cup whipping cream

8 ounces cream cheese, softened

2/3 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

200 gram dark chocolate, melted and cooled slightly

10 fresh strawberries, halved

2 tablespoons powdered sugar

 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 175 C. Grease a 9-inch pie dish.

To prepare crust, mix digestive biscuits, melted butter and cocoa powder in a small bowl, and mix until a moist yet crumbly mixture forms.

Firmly press the mixture into the bottom and sides of the pie dish.

Put into the fridge to keep cool.

To prepare filling, in the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the cream until it holds firm peaks. Remove cream from bowl and keep cold in fridge.

In the same bowl, use a paddle attachment, beat cream cheese until it’s soft and creamy.

Add sugar, vanilla and melted chocolate, continue beating until combined.

Gently fold 1/3 of the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture to lighten the mixture, then add the remaining cream and continue folding until incorporated.

Pour the cream mixture in the cooled crust. Smooth the top with a spatula. Arrange strawberries on top of the pie.

Refrigerate the pie until set, about 3 hours, or preferably overnight.

Sprinkle powdered sugar on top of the pie before serving.

(original recipe from 'Oh Sweet Day')

Desserts like this are my absolute weakness. I'm a sucker for cheesecake, I adore chocolate and stawberrys are healthy...so that cancels out all the sugar and carbs..right?! This is just a really homely thing to make, and it's been proven to make you feel better on the worst of days, so whether you make it for family and friends or even just as a treat for yourself, you won't be disappointed!