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This recipe is credited to Barbara Lutz from Elk
River, MN, who won 1st Place at the 2009 Minnesota State Fair Ghirardelli
Chocolate Championship. Her recipe was featured on KARE11 television in
Minneapolis. The
ingredients here are the same as Barbara specifies, but I've separated them into
the layers and edited the instructions just a bit to make sure everything is
clear.
Original recipe:
http://www.kare11.com/life/recipes/recipes_article.aspx?storyid=823547&catid=59
This delicious pie has a fruity rhubarb base topped
with a cheesecake-like filling. After two stints in the oven, it gets yet
another creamy topping and then come the fresh raspberries and melted white
chocolate. FYI, I prefer Baker's White Chocolate (find it with baking chocolate) to the Ghirardelli bars (sorry,
Ghirardelli!).
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Pre-heat oven to 425°.
1 9-inch prepared pie crust
Rhubarb Layer:
1/2 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons flour
3 cups fresh rhubarb, sliced in 1/2-inch pieces
3 Tablespoons seedless raspberry jam
Sprinkle 1/2 cup sugar and flour over rhubarb and
toss lightly to mix.
Stir in seedless raspberry jam. Pour into unbaked pie crust.
Bake at 425°
for 15 minutes and remove from oven.
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Raspberry Rhubarb White Chocolate Pie |
Cheesecake Layer:
12 oz. cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
6 ounces white chocolate, melted and cooled
1/4 cup sour creamWhile the rhubarb is
baking, beat 12 ounces cream cheese and 1/4 cup sugar until fluffy.
Beat in 2 eggs, one at a time, until creamy.
Stir in 6 ounces white chocolate, melted and cooled, and 1/4 cup sour cream.
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Pour over hot rhubarb and return to oven,
lowering heat to 350°.
Bake 30 minutes and remove from oven.
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Total Ingredient Quantities:
1 9-inch prepared pie crust
3/4 cup plus 2 Tablespoons sugar
2 Tablespoons flour
3 cups fresh rhubarb
3 Tablespoons seedless raspberry jam
12 ounces cream cheese
2 eggs
8 ounces white chocolate
1-1/4 cups sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
6 ounces (or more) fresh raspberries
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Creamy Topping:
1 cup sour cream
2 Tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon vanillaBlend 1 cup sour
cream with 2 Tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Spread over hot pie and
let cool for about 20 minutes.
Raspberry-White Chocolate Garnish
6 ounces (or more if desired) fresh
raspberries
2 ounces white chocolate, melted and cooled
When pie is cool, top with fresh raspberries and
drizzle with remaining 2 ounces of melted white chocolate. Serves 8.
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