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Jessica’s Booze Pie

Source of Recipe

Jessica with some help from the internet


Recipe Introduction

Jessica made this version of Dick Taeuber’s Brandy Alexander pie for Thanksgiving 2012. It was delicious and very popular.

List of Ingredients

1 1/2 cups gingersnap crumbs
1/4 cups melted butter
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
2/3 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 eggs, separated – at room temperature
1/4 cup Stoli vanilla
1/4 cup Crème de Cacao
1 cup heavy cream
Chocolate shavings



Recipe

Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix the crumbs with the butter and press into a 9-inch pie pan. Bake for 10 minutes and cool.

Put 1/2 c. cold water into a medium saucepan and sprinkle the gelatin over it. Add 1/3 c. sugar, the salt and the egg yolks. Stir to mix. Heat on low and stir until the gelatin dissolves and the mixture thickens slightly – not as thick as custard. Remove from heat before it boils.

Stir in the liquor. Chill until the mixture mounds slightly when stirred. You don’t want it to be too cold or the filling will be lumpy when you mix it with the beaten egg whites.

Beat the whites until almost stiff, add the remaining 1/3 c. sugar and beat to stiff peaks. Fold this into the egg yolk/liquor mixture.

Whip the cream and fold into the meringue/egg yolk mixture. Pour into the crust and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.

Garnish with chocolate shavings before serving.