Grasshopper Pie
- 1 1/2 cups fine chocolate wafer crumbs (about 30 wafers)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 1/2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
- 1 1/3 cups well-chilled heavy cream
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup green creme de menthe
- 1/4 cup white creme de cacao
- 4 large egg yolks
- grated mint-flavored chocolate (available at specialty foods shops) for garnish
- In a bowl stir together the wafer crumbs, the sugar, and the butter until the mixture is combined well, pat the mixture onto the bottom and up the side of a buttered 9-inch pie plate, and bake the crust in the middle of a preheated 450F.
- oven for 5 minutes.
- Let the crust cool.
- In a metal bowl sprinkle the gelatin over 1/3 cup of the cream and let it soften for 5 minutes.
- Whisk in the sugar, the creme de menthe, the creme de cacao, and the egg yolks, set the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water, and cook the mixture, whisking constantly, until it registers 160F.
- on a candy thermometer.
- Transfer the bowl to a larger bowl of ice and cold water and stir the mixture until it is cooled and thickened.
- In another bowl beat the remaining 1 cup cream until it holds stiff peaks and fold it into the creme de menthe mixture thoroughly.
- Pour the filling into the crust and chill the pie for 4 hours, or until is set.
- Sprinkle the pie with the grated chocolate.
chocolate wafer crumbs, sugar, unsalted butter, unflavored gelatin, well, sugar, green creme, white creme, egg yolks, chocolate
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/grasshopper-pie-11030 (may not work)