Chocolate Amaretto Crunch Pie 1985

Total Time: 24 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup amaretti cookie, ground fine
• 2/3 cup chopped finely almonds
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup melted unsalted butter
• 12 ounces semisweet chocolate or 12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 large eggs, separated
• 3 tablespoons amaretto liqueur
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 to make crust:.
• 2 preheat oven to 350°f combine cookies almonds, sugar flour and salt in a processor, and while running pour in the melted butter just until all combined. this of course can also be done in a large bowl with a fork.
• 3 press into a 10-inch tart pan with removable bottom.
• 4 bake 15 minutes.
• 5 cool crust completely.
• 6 to prepare filling:.
• 7 melt the chocolate in a large bowl over gently simmering water and stir until smooth. remove from heat beat in egg yolks, the mixture may bind at this point. use a electric mixer to beat and unbind adding in the amaretto, and vanilla it will smooth out.
• 8 beat egg whites with clean beaters adding a tablespoon sugar until stiff peaks form. gently fold in the whites into chocolate batter.
• 9 beat now whipping cream with the final 1 tablespoon sugar and beat until stiff.
• 10 fold 1 and 1/2 cups whipped cream into the chocolate batter.
• 11 spoon filling into the cooled pie crust, cover and refrigerate until serving at least 6 hours. this can be prepared one day ahead.
• 12 upon serving take the remaining whipped cream and pipe over top if desired.
• 13 serve with fresh strawberries as a garnish.