---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.x    [from The Grocery Consumer]

      Title: Black Forest Pie                                            
 Categories: Pies
      Yield: 6 servings     

      1    baked pastry shell
      4 oz unsweetened baking chocolate
     14 oz sweetened condensed milk
      1 ts almond extract
  1 1/2 c  whipping cream, whipped
     21 oz can cherry pie filling
      1    toasted almonds (optional)

  1>. In a heavy saucepan, over medium-low heat, melt chocolate with         
  sweetened condensed milk. Remove from heat; stir in extract. Pour into     
  large bowl; cool or chill thouroghly. Beat until smooth. Fold in           
  whipped cream. Pour into prepared pastry shell. Chill 4 hours or           
  until set. Serve with pie filling. Garnish with almonds if desired.        
  Refrigerate leftovers.                                                     
                                                                             
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