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    Chocolate Creme Pie


    Source of Recipe


    LowCarbRecipeBox

    Recipe Introduction


    Serving Size : 8

    List of Ingredients




    Crust (make up in advance):
    2 cups walnuts -- ground in processor
    2 tablespoons butter
    3 packets Splenda - packets
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    2 egg whites -- save yolks

    Filling:
    2 cups heavy cream
    4 egg yolks
    10 packets Splenda - packets
    1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
    2 tablespoons Jello sugarfree instant chocolate pudding
    mix
    1 teaspoon chocolate extract -- optional
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    1 teaspoon glycerol -- improves texture
    (check health food store or drugstore)

    Topping:
    1 cup heavy cream
    1 packet sugar substitute
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar

    Recipe



    To make crust:
    Process walnuts to a powdery paste. Mix in a bowl with melted butter,
    sweetener and extract. In a separate bowl, whip egg whites to a froth.

    Blend in walnut mixture.

    Press into an oiled pie pan, forming the desired thickness. Bake at 350
    for 15 minutes.

    Cool thoroughly before adding chocolate filling.

    To make filling:
    Using a heavy pan on med-low heat, warm cream, whisking in egg yolks, one at
    a time. Whisk in the cocoa and glycerol. Continue to whisk until mixture starts
    to thicken. Remove from heat, stir in extracts, sweetener and pudding mix.
    Allow to cool to room temperature. Run through ice cream maker. When
    finished, spoon onto cooled crust and freeze.

    To make topping:
    Whip cream, adding sweetener, extract and tarter. When pie is cold, top
    with whipped cream.

    Garnish with grated lowcarb chocolate and sliced strawberries.


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    Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 574 Calories; 57g Fat (84.4% calories
    from fat); 13g Protein; 11g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 236mg Cholesterol;
    82mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 Fruit; 1/2
    Non-Fat Milk; 10 1/2 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.



 

 

 


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