Chocolate Mousse Pie
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee
- 14 cup boiling water
- 8 eggs, separated
- 23 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 18 teaspoon salt
- fine dry breadcrumb
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 13 cup sieved confectioners' sugar
- 1 12 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place chocolate in top of a double boiler over hot water.
- Dissolve coffee in boiling water and add to chocolate.
- Cover and let stand over very low heat, stirring ocasionally.
- When almost melted, remove from heat and beat smooth.
- Meanwhile, beat egg yolks until thick.
- Gradually beat in sugar until thick and lemony colored.
- Gradually beat chocolate into yolk mixture.
- Beat in 1 teaspoons vanilla.
- Beat egg white and salt until stiff, but not dry.
- Stir 1/4 of whites in chocolate mixture.
- Fold in rest of white gently until blended.
- Dust well-buttered 9" pie pan with bread crumbs.
- Fill pan up to rim with part of mixture and level.
- Bake 25 minutes.
- Turn off oven and leave in for 5 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cool on wire rack.
- Mousse will sink to form pie shell.
- When completely cool, fill with remaining mousse that has been refrigerated.
- Beat heavy cream with confectioner's sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla, and decorate pie.
- Chill and serve.
chocolate, coffee, boiling water, eggs, sugar, vanilla, salt, breadcrumb, heavy cream, sugar, vanilla
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-mousse-pie-135786 (may not work)