Cheese Pie

Yield: 10 servings (serving size: 1 wedge of pie and 3 tablespoons sauce)

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 1 1/4  cups  low-fat graham cracker crumbs (about 8 cookie sheets)
• 2 1/2  tablespoons  butter, melted
• 1/4  cup  sugar
• Cooking spray
• 
  Filling:
• 1/2  cup  sugar
• 1 1/2  cups  fat-free cottage cheese
• 1/2  cup  (4 ounces) 1/3-less-fat cream cheese
• 1/4  cup  vanilla fat-free yogurt
• 2  tablespoons  all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 1/8  teaspoon  salt
• 2  large eggs
• 2  large egg yolks
• 2  large egg whites
• 2  tablespoons  sugar
• 
  Sauce:
• 2  cups  chopped strawberries
• 3  tablespoons  sugar
• 1/2  teaspoon  cornstarch

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325°.

To prepare crust, combine first 3 ingredients; toss with a fork until moist. Press into bottom and up sides of a 10-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray; chill.

To prepare filling, combine 1/2 cup sugar and next 8 ingredients (1/2 cup sugar through egg yolks) in a blender, and process until smooth. Place cheese mixture in a large bowl. Place egg whites in a second large bowl; beat until soft peaks form. Add 2 tablespoons sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Gently fold egg white mixture into cheese mixture; pour into prepared crust.

Bake at 325° for 45 minutes or until center barely moves when pan is touched. Cool to room temperature. Cover and chill at least 4 hours.

To prepare sauce, combine strawberries, 3 tablespoons sugar, and cornstarch in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Cool slightly. Place strawberry mixture in a blender; process until smooth. Strain. Serve with pie

Nutritional Information

Calories:

259 (30% from fat)

Fat:

8.7g (sat 4.2g,mono 2.8g,poly 0.9g)

Protein:

8.9g

Carbohydrate:

36.6g

Fiber:

1.1g

Cholesterol:

103mg

Iron:

0.9mg

Sodium:

328mg

Calcium:

58mg