Grasshopper Pie

Name: Grasshopper Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 16 , Oreo Mint n' Creme cookies (with filling), broken into rough pieces; 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled; 3 , large egg yolks; 1 envelope, unflavored gelatin; 1/2 cup (3½ ounces/99 grams), sugar; 2 cups, heavy cream; Pinch, table salt; 1/4 cup, green crème de menthe; 1/4 cup, white crème de cacao

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2006

Today grasshopper pie means ice cream. But it started off as a mint and chocolate chiffon dessert based on a Prohibition-era cocktail. We went retro and brought back the original.

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SERVES 8

TIME 55 minutes, plus 6¾ hours chilling

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