Mmm Coffee Pie I Love You
The perfect summer dessert. Especially when it's too damn hot to drink coffee, or bake things in the oven for long periods of time. Puerto Rican in origin, this is one of those rare, impeccable creations. The ease of making-to-impressiveness ratio on this one is high.
Crust:
1 package Nilla wafers, crushed
2 tsp unsweetened raw cocoa or 1 square unsweetened chocolate, grated
1/4 c light brown sugar
1/2 cup almonds
1/2 cup unsalted raw peanuts
1/4 cup walnuts
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tbsp coffee liqueur
1/2 tbsp Bacardi rum, preferably brown
Filling:
1/2 c softened unsalted butter
3/4 c granulated sugar
4 tsp instant coffee, dissolved in a little hot water & cooled
3 eggs (room temperature), well beaten
Topping:
1 c heavy cream
2 tsp to 2 tbsp granulated sugar, to taste (optional)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
chocolate-covered espresso beans (for garnish)
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spread nuts out a baking sheet & toast for ten minutes, occasionally shaking the pan. Let cool. Finely chop nuts.
Turn oven up to 375 degrees. Combine Nilla wafers, cocoa or chocolate, brown sugar, & nuts in a bowl. In another, small bowl combine vanilla, liqueur & rum. Stir vanilla mixture into Nilla wafer mixture until smooth. Place evenly in a nine-inch pie plate, pressing the mixture firmly against the bottom & sides. Bake in the oven for 10 - 15 minutes & let cool.
In a bowl, beat the butter until creamy with a hand mixer on medium speed. Add the sugar gradually & beat until light & fluffy (about three minutes). Add the eggs slowly, beating on high speed for about 15 minutes. Turn the mixture into the pie shell, cover, & refrigerate overnight.
For the whipped cream: Place bowl (preferably metal) & beaters in the freezer for 5 minutes. Take out & put heavy cream in bowl. Beat on high speed until thickened; then, if desired, add sugar &/or vanilla. Continue beating until soft or stiff peaks are formed (whichever you prefer).
Top pie with whipped cream. Add chocolate-covered espresso beans if desired. Serve & enjoy!
2 comments:
omgcoffeepieissofuckingtasty!
My aunt used to make a coffee ice cream pie that kicked fucking thanksgiving ass. The crust was made out of crushed oreo cookies (and eggs to hold it together - you bake the crust empty). THe filling was straight up hagen daaz coffee ice cream with chunks of crushed heath bar in it. you mash the heath bar into the ice cream and then press into the crust while its still a little soft. pop that bitch back in the freezer to re-harden it. Before you serve, drizzle some melted dark chocolate on top. while technically not "cooking" this thing will give you what I can only describe as a "mochagasm". BTW - you now have an out of state reader - so rock the fuck on.
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