Peanut Butter & Ricotta Cheese Pie with Almond Butter Crust
Peanut Butter & Ricotta Cheese Pie with Almond Butter Crust

Peanut Butter & Ricotta Cheese Pie With Almond Butter Crust

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

The creamy goodness of peanut butter and ricotta together make this pie to die for.

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

Homemade Whipped Cream

  1. I also make extra whipped cream for on top of the pie to serve.

  2. This pie needs to be refrigerated

Pie Recipe

  1. Mix this for 2 minutes then fold in your whipping cream.

CRUST

  1. Mix these ingredients together

  2. 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
Ships Cook Delicious Diana

Hi, my name is Diana. I am the Ships Cook and Editor for the Food section of Postcards from the Edge. I write the recipes, cook and bake some of the recipes of my favorite foods. You will find desserts and all kinds of different dishes featured on this page. I also write reviews of restaurants in the many places I have traveled. I am a well-rounded cook, having spent time in the Wind River Mountains as a horseback guide, Nothing like cooking food over a fire to make a memorable meal for a guest. I love to entertain small groups of people and treat them to some of my favorite dishes.

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