Brookside Country Club Grasshopper Pie

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 1/3 cups fine oreo cookie crumbs
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1/4 ounce unflavored gelatin
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 3 large egg yolks, slightly beaten, reserve whites
• 1/4 cup creme de menthe
• 1/4 cup creme de cacao
• 3 egg whites
• 1/4 cup sugar
• whipped cream, for topping
• chocolate curls

Recipe

• 1 thoroughly blend crumbs and butter.
• 2 press firmly with back of spoon and sides of 9" pie pan.
• 3 bake at 375* for 8 minutes. allow to cool before filling.
• 4 in small mixing bowl, whip cream.set aside.
• 5 in small bowl, combine gelatin, sugar and salt.
• 6 add cold water and egg yolks and blend thoroughly.
• 7 place mixture in top of double boiler.
• 8 bring water to boil and cook mixture, stirring constantly until gelatin dissolved and mixture thickens slightly.
• 9 remove from heat.
• 10 stir in creme de menthe and creme de cacao. chill thoroughly.
• 11 beat egg whites until stiff but not dry.
• 12 gradually add sugar and continue beating until very stiff.
• 13 fold in gelatin mixture.
• 14 fold in whipped cream.
• 15 pour into chocolate crumb crust.
• 16 garnish with additional whipped cream and chocolate curls.
• 17 **chocolate curls can be made from a block of unsweetened chocolate by making long thin strokes with a vegetable peeler.