MACADAMIA NUT CHOCOLATE MOUSSE PIE
Source - Boyd's Bears 2004
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/3 cup butter, melted
1 8-oz pkg. cream cheese, room temp.
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted.
1 cup well chilled whipping cream
1 1/2 cups chopped Macadamia nuts, toasted
pinch of cream of tartar
2/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs separated, room temp.
2 Tablespoons powdered sugar.
Chocolate curls.
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Mix graham cracker crumbs and butter in medium bowl.
Press into 10 inch pie plate.
Bake until set, 6-8 minutes.
Cool completely.
Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese, 2/3 cup sugar and vanilla until creamy.
Add egg yolks, and beat until smooth.
Mix in melted chocolate chips.
Using clean dry beaters, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until soft peaks
form.
Add 2/3 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time until stiff peaks form
Gently fold 1/4 of whites into chocolate mixture, then fold in remaining whites.
Whip 1 cup of cream to firm peaks.
Fold cream and nuts into chocolate.
Poor mixture into crust and refrigerate at least 6 hours. Can be prepared a
day ahead.
To serve, beat 1 cup of whipping cream and powdered sugar to soft peaks.
Spread over pie.
Garnish with chocolate curls.
Serves 10
Submitted to Boyd's by F.O.B. member Daniel F. Haines Jr.
ENJOY!