Kristy Cook
prep time: 20 MINUTES
cook time: 10 MINUTES
total time: 30 MINUTES
The peanut butter cream pie keto recipe is creamy, smooth, and flavorful. Peanut buttercream with chocolate ganache on delicious low-carb chocolate pie crust.
INGREDIENTS
- Ingredients for crust
- Blanched almond meal 1 cup/95 g/3.4 oz
- Unsweetened cocoa powder 1 TBS/5 g/0.17 oz
- Low carb sweetener (erythritol) 5 TBS
- Pinch of salt
- Melted butter 80 g/2.8 oz
- Ingredients for peanut butter filling
- Smooth unsweetened peanut butter ½ cup/110 g/3.9 oz
- Mascarpone cheese 1 cup/250 g/8.8 oz
- Low carb sweetener (erythritol) 5 TBS
- Heavy whipping cream 1 cup/200 ml
- Vanilla extract 1 tsp
- Ingredients for chocolate ganache
- Heavy whipping cream 1 cup/200 ml
- Dark chocolate chopped 80 g/2.8 oz
- Low-carb sweetener erythritol 1 TBS (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
CRUST
- Prepare a deep 17 cm/7 inch cake tin or a deep pie tin layered with parchment paper. This pie or cake is high.
- Mix together blanched almond meal, cocoa powder, a low-carb sweetener of your choice, and a pinch of salt.
- Add melted butter and mix until you get the dough.
- Press the dough in a pie tin or cake tin layered with parchment paper.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 5 – 10 minutes on 180 C/350 F (it depends on your oven, maybe you will need few minutes more).
- Leave the crust to cool for at least 15 minutes before pouring the peanut butter cream.
PEANUT BUTTERCREAM
- Mix together peanut butter, heavy whipping cream, sweetener, mascarpone cheese, and vanilla extract until nice and smooth cream is combined.
- The mixture should be smooth and creamy.
- You can whisk it or mix it with an electric mixer. Don’t over-mix it.
- When nice and smooth cream is combined pour it on a chocolate crust.
CHOCOLATE GANACHE
- In a saucepan bring heavy whipping cream to boil. When starts boiling remove it from the heat.
- Add chopped chocolate and whisk until chocolate is completely melted and nicely combined with cream.
- Pour prepared ganache over the peanut butter cream.
- Leave cake to cool for a few hours. The best is overnight.
- Enjoy!
NOTES
Use deep cake tin 17 cm/7 inch or deep pie tin.
NUTRITION INFORMATION:
YIELD: 12 SERVING SIZE: 1 slice
Amount Per Serving: CALORIES: 259TOTAL FAT: 31gNET CARBOHYDRATES: 4.8gPROTEIN: 6.8g
