White Chocolate Macadamia Pie is creamy and delicious with a nutty crunch to it. Â The Chocolate ganache on top is beautiful and a hint of orange makes your heart sing. Â The perfect pie for the holidays.
Raise your hand if you like pie?
I know I do. Â There isn’t a pie that I have disliked. Â Ok, maybe mincemeat pie is on my “not the best” list, but it sure was my grandpa King’s favorite. Â I have been in charge of making the pies for Thanksgiving for the past few years and I go a little crazy and make every pie I can think of. Â My friends asked me how many people we had at dinner after seeing all of the pies I made last year and I felt a little silly telling her that it was just my sisters and parents (and our kiddos). Â I see nothing wrong with 20 pies for less than 20 people. Â The more the merrier right?
Now, this is a new pie and will be served this Thanksgiving. Â Family, you are welcome! Â White chocolate macadamia with a chocolate ganache makes my taste buds go wild. Â You really need to make this and it is practically no bake!
I love white chocolate macadamia and whenever I go to The Cheesecake Factory I usually always get their white chocolate macadamia cheesecake. It is so good. Â This reminds me of it a little. Â It is sweet and nutty and a little bit of orange zest in it is a surprise. Â My hubby likes it without the orange zest so I put that as optional in the recipe. Â It is topped with chocolate ganache (don’t be intimidated if you haven’t made ganache before, it is so simple to do). Â Heat up some heavy cream and pour on top of chocolate chips and you have ganache…see, easy peasy. Â And then on top of that is homemade whipping cream…YUM-O!
Be sure to save this recipe to Pinterest so you can have the recipe on hand for your Thanksgiving dinner (or whenever you feel like it). Â Enjoy!
Get the recipe here.
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- 1 baked 9-inch pie shell pre-bake pie shell
- 1 package cream cheese softened, 8-ounce
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup heavy cream plus 3/4whipped soft
- 6 1/2 ounces white baking chocolate melted
- 1/4 teaspoon orange zest optional
- 2/3 cup chopped macadamia nuts roasted
- 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 3 Cups sweetened whipped cream
- 1-2 tablespoons chopped macadamia nuts
Ingredients
FILLING
GANACHE
TOPPING
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- Beat cream cheese and sugar with mixer until smooth. Scrape bowl with spatula and mix in 1/3 cup heavy cream. Add melted chocolate, orange zest and nuts and stir until incorporated. Fold in the whipped cream. Spread into baked pie shell and level off. Freeze until solid, 2-4 hours.
- Prepare 30 minutes before serving. Place chocolate chips in a metal mixing bowl and set aside. Bring cream to a simmer over medium heat. Pour cream over chocolate chips and stir until melted. Set aside and cool slightly. Spread warm ganache over top of frozen pie.
- Placed whipped cream in a piping bag and pipe cream onto edges of pie. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
