Berry-Licious Cream Cheese Tart / Pie

Rita~'s Note:

Move over Viagra! Chocolate, berries, honey, with creamy richness will do the job! What is not to love with this delicious dessert. Layered with a hidden layer of decadent chocolate topped with a creaminess and then berries glazed upon with raspberry and honey then crowned with pecans. This can be made in a tart or pie pan.

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

Chocolate layer

• ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips , melted
• 2 tablespoons butter

Creamy cheese filling

• 8 ounces cream cheese , softened
• ¼ cup whipping cream
• ¾ cup powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons brandy (using a flavored like kirschwasser (cherries)
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 2 -3 cups fresh strawberries , washed, dried and hulled

Glaze

• 2 tablespoons honey
• ¼ cup seedless raspberry preserves

Pecan Crown

• 1⁄3;-½ cup pecan halves , toasted

Directions:

1. Crust:
2. Prepare pie crust in a tart or pie pan.
3. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
4. Prick pie crust and cover with foil or wax paper topping with weights. Baking for 10 minutes.
5. Chocolate layer:.
6. Melt chocolate and butter together to blend. Spread melted chocolate over bottom of baked pie shell. Chill.
7. Creamy cheese filling:
8. Beat cream cheese with whipping cream, sugar, brandy, and vanilla.
9. Spread over chocolate. Chill 2-4 hours.
10. Glaze:.
11. Combine honey and preserves bring to a boil then reduce and simmer 5-10 minutes to reduce. Chill.
12. Arrange strawberries cut side down on cream.
13. Arrange pecans along the sides around the strawberries.
14. Brush berries and pecans with glaze.
15. Refrigerate until ready to serve. When slicing be sure to go through the chocolate and crust layers.

Reviews

[L DJ]

This recipe would satisfy everyones cravings. I made this to make sure it would be good. Wanted something special to take to our family 4th of July bash... and this is it. WOW my immediate family is happy they will get it again real soon.Thanks for sharing.

[mary winecoff]

I used am pre-made graham cracker crust for this. Fresh picked strawberries, chocolate and cream cheese. How could you go wrong? This was actually very easy and no-bake (because of the graham cracker crust.) I used a cherry liqueur (kirsch) instead of the brandy. Made for Beverage Tag.

[SweetsLady]

This recipe was so yummy! The ingredients didn't include the pie crust, so I ended up making a graham crust. I used 1 tsp raspberry extract in place of the brandy and no nuts due to family preference. Thank you!