Coffee and Dessert - Chocolate-Orange Mascarpone Pie

This rich, creamy and delicious pie would be an excellent addition to your holiday gatherings. Easy to make and sure to become a favorite of family and friends. You will find it difficult to eat only one piece.

Chocolate-Orange Mascarpone Pie

Cookie Crust:
24 chocolate wafer cookies (I used Nabisco Famous)
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
1/3 cup orange marmalade

Filling:
10 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, broken up
3 tubs (8 ounces each) Mascarpone, at room temperature
1/3 cup  over cooled crust.confectioner's sugar
3 Tablespoons orange liquor or orange juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 large seedless orange (optional)

Crust:
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. You'll need a 9 inch pie plate.

2. Pulse cookies in processor until fine crumbs; add butter and process until blended. Press mixture evenly into bottom and sides of pie plate. Bake 12 minutes; cool on wire rack. Spread marmalade over cooled crust.

Filling:
3. Microwave chocolate in glass bowl, 15 seconds at a time, stirring until melted. Gently mix Mascarpone, sugar, liquor and salt in a large bowl just until blended (do not stir too much or mixture will curdle). Fold in melted chocolate until no white streaks remain.

4. If desired, put 1/2 cup chocolate mixture in small zip top freezer bag and snip off a tiny corner; reserve for garnish. Spread remaining chocolate mixture in cookie crust. Chill at least two (2) hours until firm.

5. Garnish: Cut orange into 1/4 inch thick slices. Drain slices on paper towel, cut each slice in half, twist ends and arrange on pie. Pipe little dollops of reserved filling on orange twists to help secure. Serve at room temperature.




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