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Recipe Death by Chocolate Mousse (Pie)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 21 chocolate sandwich cookies, crushed
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 (12 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 cup heavy cream, chilled
- 1/4 cup white sugar
Preparing/Cooking:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Generously grease a 9 inch springform pan with 2 3/4 inch sides.
- In a medium bowl, mix together crushed cookies and softened butter or margarine.
- Press mixture evenly into greased pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 5 minutes, then allow to cool.
- Combine 1 cup cream, chocolate, vanilla extract, and salt, in the top of a double boiler.
- Heat until chocolate is fully melted and mixture is smooth.
- Alternatively, if you have a food processor, you can blend mixture by placing chocolate, vanilla extract, and salt, in processor bowl.
- Bring 1 cup cream to a boil on stovetop, then slowly pour cream into processor with blade running.
- Continue to process until mixture is smooth.
- Pour chocolate mixture into a bowl and cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally.
- In a large bowl, beat 2 cups chilled cream with 1/4 cup sugar.
- Beat until stiff peaks form.
- Fold whipped cream into chocolate mixture.
- Pour mixture into cooled crust.
- Chill pie at least 6 hours before serving.
- Prior to serving, beat remaining 1 cup cream with 1/4 cup sugar.
- Beat until stiff, then pipe onto top of pie with a star tip, or place a spoonful on top of each slice.
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