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valchemist
06-06-2001, 04:05 AM
Hi, I am making this dessert tonight (based on a recommendation from the favorite CL dessert thread). I found the recipe on the Recipe Finder, so I don't know what issue is is from (don't you hate that? why don't they say what issue it is from on the recipe finder?).

Anyway, I made the crust ahead of time last night and it looks really good. Worked out really well...held together beautifully and there was plenty to fit in the pan.

I am going to the store to get cherries today. I doubt I will find fresh ones but I am crossing my fingers. I will probably sub frozen ones as the recipe says you can do.

Has anyone else made this? Did you use fresh or frozen cherries? Has anyone made it both ways to be able to compare the two?


* Exported from MasterCook *

Chocolate Chip-Cherry Pie

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 9 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : August ‘97 Desserts
Pie

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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40 reduced-calorie chocolate wafers
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons stick margarine -- melted
1 large egg white
Cooking spray
4 cups vanilla low-fat frozen yogurt
1 cup chopped pitted sweet cherries
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate minichips
1/2 cup black cherry preserves -- melted

Preheat oven to 350º.

Place cookies in a food processor; process until crumbly. Add sugar, margarine, and egg white; pulse 5 times or just until moist. Press crumb mixture evenly into a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350º for 8 minutes; cool on a wire rack 15 minutes. Freeze piecrust 30 minutes.

Place an extra-large bowl in freezer. Remove yogurt from freezer; let stand at room temperature while crust is cooling.

Spoon yogurt into chilled bowl. Stir cherries and mini-chips into yogurt; freeze 30 minutes or just until set but not solid.

Spread preserves over bottom of prepared crust. Spoon yogurt mixture evenly over preserves; freeze until set. Cover with plastic wrap; freeze 6 hours or until firm. Place pie in refrigerator 30 minutes before serving to soften.

Serving Size: 1 wedge

Source:
"Cooking Light, August 1997, p.96"
Copyright:
"Cooking Light"
T(Freeze):
"6:00"

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 302 Calories; 10g Fat (29.1% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 51g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 1mg Cholesterol; 157mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Fruit; 2 Fat; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.

suziking
06-06-2001, 06:25 AM
Oh Yummi! Can I come over for dinner to eat this with you all? I loved this pie!

I used frozen cherries since I couldn't find fresh ones and it was delicious!

Enjoy!

Suzi

funnybone
06-06-2001, 06:43 AM
I haven't made it, but have seen lots of fresh cherries in the grocery store in recent days. The price looked good too - $1.99/lb.

valchemist
06-06-2001, 06:56 AM
I found fresh cherries! Yay!!!

They were $2.50 a pound, but I would have paid anything!

I also found a wonderful lowfat (or fat free, I can't remember) chocolate cherry sauce. I am going to drizzle a spoonful of chocolate on top right before serving.

Oh boy, I can't wait!

KathrynY
06-06-2001, 08:13 AM
valchemist - I live in CT also and was going to tell you that I found fresh cherries this week (glad to see you found them too), but I'll share even better news.... I also saw FRESH NATIVE STRAWBERRIES! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

maizeyoats
06-06-2001, 07:36 PM
O.K. Valerie we would like to know the results.
Will you be making this dessert again?

valchemist
06-07-2001, 03:35 AM
Kathryn, can't wait for our local strawberries!

Mom and others...

I loved this pie!!

This is an excellent recipe. I used a little over a cup of fresh chopped cherries and a little over a 1/2 cup of the chips http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif , but other than that I followed the recipe as directed. I used Chambord brand black cherry preserves (imported from France) for the bottom layer. These preserves were wonderful...the tartness offset the sweetness of the rest of the pie perfectly. My husband and I loved it -- we both went back for seconds. I will make this pie again and again. Heavenly!

KathrynY
06-07-2001, 07:44 AM
Val - just curious, do you have a cherry pitter or do you just hack them apart with a knife? I've always wondered if those things are really helpful, but I'll take any excuse for another kitchen gadget! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif

Peggy
06-07-2001, 07:56 AM
KathrynY,

I bought a cherry pitter last year when CL had the issue with all of the fresh cherry recipes. It is a real time saver!! However, it is still a messy procedure. Juice everywhere... If you plan on cooking with fresh cherries, I would recommend purchasing one.

Peggy

Jewel
06-07-2001, 08:39 AM
Originally posted by Peggy:
KathrynY,

I bought a cherry pitter last year when CL had the issue with all of the fresh cherry recipes. It is a real time saver!! However, it is still a messy procedure. Juice everywhere... If you plan on cooking with fresh cherries, I would recommend purchasing one.

Peggy

Peggy, I bought a cherry pitter last year to make the Black Forest Cheesecake (which by the way is YUMMY!!) and I was giggling the entire time I was pitting those things. Flying cherry shrapnel all over my kitchen sink and cabinets above! What good is a 6" backsplash around a cherry pitter?

Found out Cherry juice is like Red KoolAid...
if you don't wipe it up quickly it becomes a part of your decor! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/tongue.gif

Peggy
06-07-2001, 08:50 AM
Jewel,

LOL!!!! I love your "cherry shrapnel" visual! I personally now wear disposable latex gloves whenever I pit cherries. Keeps the fingernails from getting stained. It can be quite an ordeal!

Peggy

pmmahan
06-07-2001, 09:21 AM
I read (somewhere, maybe Gourmet magazine) that you can pit cherries without a pitter by pressing the side of the cherry with a spoon. Just as messy, I am sure, but you don't have to buy the pitter!
I want to try that Black Forest Cheesecake and the Chocolate Chip Cherry pie now that I have that little tip!

Mamasue
06-07-2001, 09:28 AM
I bought the cherry pitter last year....of course right after the cherry season was over! Haven't used it yet and this looks like a good time to start. The pie sounds yummy....thanks Val. Oh, and you can use your cherry pitter for depitting (is that a word) olives. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

valchemist
06-07-2001, 10:38 AM
Kathryn,

I just used a trusty little knife and cut all the way around the cricumference of the cherry. Then I just pulled the two halves apart and pulled the pit out. This worked very well. No mess, either.

But I wouldn't mind having a new gadget either. Good to know they work for olives...I love olives.

Val