Frozen White Chocolate-Mint Pie

Description

Source: Christmas With Southern Living 2003 - Southern Living

Frosty slices of this white chocolate and peppermint pie are wrapped in a dark chocolate cookie crust for contrast.

Ingredients

• 3 (4-ounce) white chocolate baking bars, divided
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• 1 3/4 cups heavy whipping cream, divided
• 2 to 3 teaspoons peppermint extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (6-ounce) chocolate crumb crust
• 8 chocolate wafer cookies

Directions

1. Place two chocolate bars in top of a double boiler over a pan of simmering water; stir until chocolate melts.
2. Stir a small amount of chocolate into beaten eggs; add to remaining chocolate, stirring constantly.
3. Stir in powdered sugar and 1/4 cup whipping cream until smooth.
4. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until a candy thermometer registers 160°.
5. Remove from heat; cool, stirring constantly.
6. Stir in flavorings.
7. Beat remaining 1 1/2 cups whipping cream at high speed with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form.
8. Gently fold whipped cream into chocolate.
9. Spoon filling into crust, mounding in center.
10. Break 6 wafer cookies in half; place, cut sides down, into filling around edge of pie.
11. Finely crush remaining 2 cookies; sprinkle crumbs over pie.
12. Shave edges of remaining chocolate bar with a vegetable peeler to make white chocolate curls.
13. Sprinkle curls over pie.
14. Cover and freeze pie at least 8 hours.

Yield: 1 (9") pie