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Double Chocolate Mascarpone Raspberry Pie

Ingredients

Pastry

  • 180 g all-purpose flour
  • 3 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 1/4 cup Palm oil
  • 1/4 cup cold milk

Filling

  • 500 g carton mascarpone cheese
  • 170 g dark chocolate
  • 1/2 cup icing sugar
  • 1 cup non dairy whipping cream
  • 2 cups fresh raspberries

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 220 C. For pastry combine flour, cocoa powder and sugar. Add palm oil and milk. Stir lightly with fork. Form 2 balls, flatten slightly.
  2. Cut waxed paper into four 12-inch squares. Place each ball of dough between 2 squares of paper. Roll each ball of dough into a circle to edges of paper.
  3. Peel off papers and fit dough into 9-inch pie plates. Prick bottom and sides of pastry. Line pastry with foil. Bake for 8 minutes. Remove foil. Bake for 6-8 minutes more. Let it cool.
  4. For filling, mix mascarpone cheese, dark chocolate and icing sugar in a saucepan over medium-low heat, until smooth. Remove from heat. Cool to room temperature.
  5. In a chilled mixing bowl, beat non dairy whipping cream on medium speed until soft peaks form. Stir 1/2 cup of it into dark chocolate mixture to lighten. Then fold in the rest until just combined.
  6. Spoon chocolate mixture into pastry shell. Cover and chill for at least 3 hours.
  7. To serve, place raspberries over chocolate mixture. Decorate with chocolate shavings and icing sugar if desired.

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