Chocolate Mousse Pie

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 21 chocolate sandwich style cookies
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces,room temperature
• 12 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 pinch salt
• 3 3/4 cups chilled whipping cream
• 1/4 cup sugar
• chocolate shavings (optional)

Recipe

• 1 for crust: preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 butter a 9-inch diameter spring form pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides.
• 3 finely grind cookies in processor.
• 4 add butter and process until mixture is evenly moistened.
• 5 press crumb mixture onto bottom and up sides of prepared pan to form a thin crust.
• 6 bake crust 5 min.
• 7 transfer crust to rack and cool completely.
• 8 for mousse: combine chocolate,vanilla and salt in processor.
• 9 bring 1 cup cream to boil in a heavy small sauce pan.
• 10 with processor running,gradually pour hot cream through feed tube.
• 11 process until chocolate is melted and smooth.
• 12 transfer mixture to large bowl.
• 13 cool to room temperature,stirring occasionaly.
• 14 beat 2 cups cream and sugar in large bowl to stiff peaks.
• 15 fold into chocolate mixture.
• 16 pour mousse into prepared crust.
• 17 chill until set,about 6 hours.
• 18 can be made 1 day ahead of time.
• 19 beat remaining 3/4 cup cream in medium bowl to firmpeaks.
• 20 transfer to pastry bag with a medium star tip.
• 21 pipe rosettes of cream around edge of pie.
• 22 garnish with chocolate shavings.