If you love delicious pie, this is a winner. The peanut butter & ricotta cheese pie with almond butter crust is low in carbs and simply delicious.
This recipe uses the creamy goodness of peanut butter and ricotta together make this pie to die for. On top of that, the almond butter crust gives it just a little crunch to make the pie complete.
So these two great tastes come together to make a perfect pie for any get together.
Now Build a Better Ricotta Cheese Pie
Did you know the production of ricotta in the Italian peninsula dates back to the Bronze Age? In the second millennium BC, ceramic vessels called milk boilers started to appear frequently and were apparently unique to the peninsula. These were designed to boil milk at high temperatures and prevent the milk from boiling over. The fresh acid-coagulated cheeses produced with these boilers were probably made with whole milk
Peanut Butter & Ricotta Cheese Pie with Almond Butter Crust
Ingredients
CRUST
- 1 ½ cup Crushed Almonds
- 6 tbsp Melted Butter
- 1 tbsp Sugar
Pie Recipe
- ¾ cup Ricotta Cheese
- 2 tbsp Butter room temperature
- 1 ½ cup Peanut Butter
- ¼ cup Sugar
Homemade Whipped Cream
- 1 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1 tbsp Sugar
Instructions
Homemade Whipped Cream
- I also make extra whipped cream for on top of the pie to serve.
- This pie needs to be refrigerated
Pie Recipe
- Mix this for 2 minutes then fold in your whipping cream.
CRUST
- Mix these ingredients together
- press into a pie plate and freeze
To get you into the mood here is a song about pie.
Yes, there’s a song about how marvelous pie is and yes, it’s an obscure 90s film reference. 🥧 If you love John Travolta and Andie MacDowell, then you know the classic “Michael” and its catchy little ditty about every great thing about pie. Happy Pi Day!
Destiny Guerra
