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Peanut Butter Pie Recipe from Captain Lindsey House in Rockland, Maine

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This rich dessert recipe is from "Classic Maine Coastal Cooking" by Ellen Barnes, innkeeper at the Captain Lindsey House in Rockland, Maine. This recipe was featured during The Historic Inns of Rockland, Maine's 2005 Pies on Parade Inn to Inn Tour in celebration of National Pie Day, January 23. Reprinted with permission.
Ingredients:
  • 1 pastry shell baked and cooled
  • 12 ounces cream cheese
  • 1-1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1-1/2 cups peanut butter (natural is best)
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • chopped peanuts for garnish
  • GANACHE:
  • 12 ounces chocolate chips
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 2 ounces butter
Preparation:
Melt ganache ingredients on top of a double boiler. Pour half into pie shell and cool until firm.

Beat together cream cheese, sugar, salt, vanilla and peanut butter. Whip in heavy cream. Pour over cooled ganache in pie shell. Chill.

Drizzle on remainder of ganache and nuts for garnish.

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