Chocolate Swirl Eggnog Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/4 cup cold water
    1 tablespoon gelatin
    2 tablespoons cornstarch
    1/2 cup sugar
    2 cups prepared eggnog
    1 1/2 ounces semisweet baking chocolate, melted
    1 cup whipping cream
    6 tablespoons rum
    Chocolate Pie Crust
    1 cup all-purpose flour
    1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
    3/4 cup nuts, chopped
    1 ounce semisweet baking chocolate, melted
    1/3 cup butter
Preparation
    For the crust:
    Combine flour, brown sugar, nuts, baking chocolate.
    Stir in melted butter and press mixture over bottom and sides of a
    9-inch pie pan.
    Bake in a 375F oven for 15 minutes.
    Let cool completely.
    Pour water into a small bowl and sprinkle with gelatin; set aside.
    In a pan over medium heat, stir together cornstarch, sugar, and eggnog; cook, stirring, until thickened; stir in gelatin.
    Divide mixture in half and stir melted chocolate into one portion.
    Refrigerate both portions until thick but not set.
    In a bowl, beat whipping cream until soft peaks form; fold whipped cream and rum into white portion; then spoon into cooled crust.
    Spoon chocolate portion over top.
    With a knife, gently swirl chocolate through cream layer.
    Refrigerate until well chilled.
    Using a vegetable peeler, shave thin slices of semisweet chocolate into curls; sprinkle over top of pie.

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