Mmmmm... this pie is good.
Tim and I had some leftover ricotta after making lasagna over the weekend. I wanted to do something sweet with it (visions of cannoli dancing in my head... but that's too complicated for a weeknight), so I did some Googling and found this well-reviewed Giada recipe for chocolate ricotta pie. I made a couple substitutions... almonds instead of pine nuts [much cheaper], milk chocolate instead of semi-sweet [it's all I had at the house] and I decreased the amount of simple syrup in light of the milk chocolate substitution.
Tim and I really liked it... the filling is creamy and light and the
crust has a nice nutty crunch from the almonds and cornmeal. Good
stuff. This would make a good fancy looking but not actually hard to
make dish for a dinner party or holiday.
