Decadent Turtles Pie Food

DECADENT TURTLES® PIE

Steps:

• To Make Crust: In a medium bowl mix cookie crumbs and white sugar. Stir in softened butter or margarine until mixture forms a ball. Press into a 9 inch pie pan.
• To Make Filling: In a medium bowl, combine softened cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk. Beat on high speed until smooth and creamy, about 8 minutes. Pour into pie crust.
• To Make Topping: In a small saucepan, combine caramels, brown sugar, and 2 tablespoons milk. Melt over medium heat, stirring frequently, until smooth. Drizzle mixture over top of filling.
• In a small saucepan, combine chocolate chips and 2 tablespoons milk. Melt over low heat until smooth, stirring frequently. Drizzle over filling. Sprinkle pecans on top. Chill at least 3 hours before serving.

DECADENT CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Combine the eggs with the ricotta cheese, goat's cheese, scallions, parsley and basil and Parmesan and season well with salt and pepper.
• In a medium skillet heat the olive oil. Stir in the garlic and oregano. When the garlic is on the verge of turning golden, add the tomato puree, paste and olives. Season with salt and pepper.
• Spread half of the cheese mixture in the prepared pie shell. Spread half of mozzarella, sauce and bell pepper. Make a second layer with ricotta cheese, mozzarella, sauce and bell pepper. Cover with the top crust and pinch edges together and flute them.
• Make 3 long parallel slashes through the top crust. Set pie plate on a baking sheet to catch drips and bake for 40 minutes or until well browned. Let stand for 1 hour. Serve with a crisp green salad with mustard dressing.

TURTLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees. For the crust whip together 4 ounces butter, egg, salt, 1/3 cup sugar and vanilla together. Add the flour and incorporate completely. Form into a ball and turn out onto a floured surface. Roll the dough out to 14 inches and 3/4-inch thick. Blind bake the shell for 10 minutes in a tart pan.
• For the filling. Melt the chocolate and 1 1/3 cup cream together. Pour into the baked shell and chill for 1 hour. Top the ganache with the roasted pecan pieces and chill for another hour. For the caramel: Combine the karo, 3 tablespoons butter, 3/4 cup sugar and 1/2 cup heavy cream. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook until the caramel reaches the thread stage, (210 degrees). Allow the caramel to cool before pouring over the top of the ganache. Place a piece of the pie in the center of the plate. Garnish with chocolate sauce, whipped cream, mint and powdered sugar.

CHOCOLATE TURTLE PIE

Steps:

• Spread 1/4 cup caramel topping onto bottom of crust. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup nuts. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Beat pudding mix and milk with whisk 2 min.; pour into crust.
• Refrigerate 2 hours. Top with COOL WHIP, remaining nuts and caramel topping just before serving.

DECADENT TRIPLE LAYER MUD PIE

Steps:

• MIX chocolate and condensed milk until well blended. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes or until well blended. Pour into crust; sprinkle with pecans (optional.)
• POUR milk into a large bowl. Add pudding mixes. Beat with a wire whisk 2 minutes, or until well blended. (Mixture will be thick.) Spoon 1 1/2 cups of the pudding over pecans in crust.
• ADD 1/2 of the whipped topping to remaining pudding; stir with wire whisk until well-blended. Spread over pudding in crust; top with remaining whipped topping. Refrigerate 3 hours.

FUDGY TURTLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• In small heavy sauce pan over low heat, melt caramels with 1/3 cup sweetened condensed milk.
• Spread evenly on bottom of prepared pie crust.
• In a medium sauce pan over low heat, melt chocolate with the butter.
• In large bowl, beat eggs with remaining sweetened condensed milk, water, vanilla, and salt.
• Add chocolate mixture; Mix well.
• Pour into pie shell.
• Top with pecans.
• Bake 35-40 min, or until center is set.
• Cool. Serve with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
• Refrigerate leftovers.

GODIVA FROZEN CHOCOLATE TURTLE PIE

Steps:

• MAKE THE CRUST:.
• In medium bowl, stir together wafer crumbs, pecans and butter with fork until mixture is well combined.
• Press mixture onto bottom & up sides of 9" glass pie plate.
• Freeze for 30 minutes or until firm.
• MAKE THE ICE CREAM FILLING:.
• Spread half of softened ice cream into prepared pie shell.
• Top with chopped chocolate candies and pecans.
• Spread with remaining ice cream.
• Cover pie with plastic wrap and freeze while preparing caramel layer.
• MAKE THE CARAMEL LAYER:
• In small, heavy saucepan over medium heat, stir together brown sugar, butter and corn syrup.
• Heat for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved and mixture is boiling.
• Remove pan from heat and whisk in cream and vanilla until blended.
• Let mixture cool to room temperature.
• Spoon caramel mixture over ice cream layer in pie shell, covering it completely.
• Freeze pie for 20 minutes, until caramel layer is set.
• MAKE THE CHOCOLATE GLAZE:.
• Place chocolate in medium bowl.
• In heavy, medium saucepan, heat cream and corn syrup over medium heat until mixture comes to boil.
• Pour hot cream mixture over chocolate.
• Let stand for 30 seconds to melt chocolate.
• Gently whisk until smooth.
• Let cool for 5 minutes or until slightly thickened.
• Remove pie from freezer and pour glaze over top of caramel layer, covering it completely.
• Freeze pie until ready to serve.
• GARNISH THE PIE:.
• Beat cream, sugar and vanilla in chilled, medium bowl, using hand-held electric mixer to stiff peaks.
• Place whipped cream into pastry bag fitted with large star tip (such as Ateco #7).
• Pipe cream around top edge of pie.
• Garnish with chopped chocolate candies.
• Serve immediately.