Kicked Up Grasshopper Pie

Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2000

Show: Emeril LiveEpisode: Las Vegas Memories (In Las Vegas)

Rated: 2 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (7)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(7)

Cook Time:
12 hr 0 min
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Yield:
10 servings

Times:

Prep: 45 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 12 hr 0 min
Total:: 12 hr 45 min

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Ingredients

2 1/4 cups chocolate cookies with a creme center, crushed
1/2 cup melted butter
1 3/4 cups heavy cream
2 1/2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
4 egg yolks
1/3 cup sugar
3 ounces Creme de Menthe
1-ounce Creme de Cacao
Chocolate curls, for garnish
Mint Sprigs, for garnish
Whipped cream, for garnish

Directions

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

In a bowl, combine the cookie crumbs and butter and mix well. Pour the crumbs into a 10-inch pie plate and press into the plate. Place the crust into the oven and bake for 5 to 10 minutes, remove from the oven and cool completely. Add 1/4 cup of the heavy cream to the top of a double boiler. Add the gelatin and gently heat and remove from the heat and set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat egg yolks and sugar until pale and thick. With the mixer running, drizzle in the gelatin and cream mixture. Remove the egg yolk mixture from the mixer and fold in the liqueurs. Refrigerate for 4 hours until thickened. Whip 1 1/2 cups of heavy cream to stiff peaks. Fold the whipped cream into the thickened egg and gelatin mixture. Pour the mixture into the pie shell and refrigerate overnight. Remove the pie from the refrigerator and garnish with chocolate curls and mint sprigs and whipped cream.

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AMY MIDDLETON, WI 03-30-2009
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Dessert Disaster
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

This dessert was a disaster! I consider myself an experienced cook, but there is definitely something wrong with this... recipe. First, the oreo crumb and butter mixture all melted to the bottom of the pan. Next, I gently whisked the gelatin into the cream and it almost immediately became puddy. I tried 3 times and ran out of gelatin. Went back to the store thinking it must be too old/expired. However, had the same results with brand new/fresh gelatin. I finally figured out, if you put the puddy over heat, it will eventually dissolve into liquid. Have your eggs and sugar mixture ready though...because you need to add the disolved gelatin almost immediately or it'll turn into jello and you'll have a lumpy mess. When I added the alcohol, it seemed to curdle. Rather than folding, I had to put it in the mixer. Poured it into the pan and hoped for the best. The next night, I had a special dinner for my significant other and couldn't even scoop a piece out of the pie plate...the oreo/butter was on like a rock. Lots of wasted time, money, and effort. Worst recipe I've ever tried on Food Network. Should take it off the website.Read more
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Linda Anchorage, AK 03-18-2009
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Something is definitely wrong!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I am not a novice cook, but I wish I had read the other comments BEFORE I started to make this for my St. Pat's dinner. I... got nervous when the cream and gelatin solidified into a definitely non-drizzle-able mass of silicon sealant. I thought maybe it would dissolve again in the egg-liquor mix, but I ended up with clumps and strands, just like other reviewers. Not wanting to waste my eggs and booze, or my time to this point, I decided to strain the mix and rinse the clumps to remove as much egg as possible (to avoid inventing "Minty Scrambled Egg Pie"). I put the gelatin back in the double boiler with a few Tbls of water and it quickly re-dissolved. I then slowly whisked this back into the egg-liquor mix. (At this point I am 45 minutes off schedule for dinner prep, my kitchen is an unholy disaster, I'm on my second Jameson's, and my dog is licking green drips off the floor thinking this is the best St. Patrick's Day EVER!) I was afraid I might have lost too much gelatin or added too much water, but after 10 minutes in a snowbank on my deck, the mix was solid, like jello jigglers. I warmed it a bit and folded in the whipped cream, and the pie came out just fine. Obviously this worked for some of the reviewers, so maybe it is just some ambiguity in the way the recipe is written. I am writing this for those of you who are reading the reviews after you started the cooking, hoping it will help you save the project. If you haven't started yet, I would suggest finding another recipe. Read more
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ALicia yakima, WA 04-07-2007
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,,, mmmmm gooood
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

its delicios but since i didnt have crem d menthe i used peppermint schnapps and food coloring and it turned out delicios and... i garnished it with dark chocolate chips and sugared mint leavesRead more
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Anonymous 12-19-2006
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Are you kidding me??
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

Completley gross- instructions not clear.
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Stacy Stamford, CT 05-15-2006
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Oversimplified
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I'm sure the end product tastes great if you can ever get past the vague instructions. I made this pie twice w/ completely... different results. Cookies crushed to what size? does the butter need to be room temp? should the gelatin dissolve before heating? does the gelatin mixture need to cool first, etc? The only plus was that the alcohol content made you forget what it looked like and that you were eating clumps of gelatin.Read more
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Anonymous 01-04-2006
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What a flop!
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

Had to abandon this recipe. Gelatin congealed and I could not smooth out lumps. Found a similar recipe where gelatin was... mixed and heated with most of the liquids prior to folding with whipped cream Came out perfect.Read more