How to Make Green Pie

Serves: 8-10

Preparation time: over 3 hours

Cooking time: 30 mins

Ingredients needed to make Green Pie:

For the crust:

• 3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 16 cool mint Oreo cookies, coarsely chopped

For the filling:

• 2 cups heavy cream, divided
• 3 large egg yolks
• ¼ cup crème de menthe (green variant)
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ¼ cup chocolate liqueur
• 1 package unflavoured gelatin
• 1/8 tsp sea salt
• Green food colouring

Cooking instructions for Green Pie:

• To make the crust, place the oven rack midway within the oven and warm it up to 350 degrees F.
• Dump the cookies into a food processor and pulse them into fine crumbs.
• Drizzle the melted butter into it and continue to run the processor until well combined.
• Spoon the buttered crumbs into a 9’’ pie plate and spread it evenly across the sides and base of it, pressing it gently to even the layer.
• Cover it with a plastic sheet and leave it in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes or until its firm.
• Bake the crust in the pie plate for about 8-10 minutes and set aside on a wire rack.
• To make the filling, whisk the eggs in a medium bowl and set aside.
• Beat the sugar, ½ cup cream, gelatin and a dash of salt together until well combined and set aside for about 5 minutes until the gelatin softens.
• Transfer the mixture over moderate heat and cook for a couple of minutes, until the gelatin dissolves but the mixture doesn’t boil yet.
• Pour this hot mixture into the whisked egg yolks while beating it vigorously and return it back to the pan.
• Heat the mixture again and stir in the chocolate liqueur as well as crème de menthe.
• Transfer the mixture into a clean bowl and leave it in the fridge for about 20 minutes, while stirring at times, until it becomes wobbly.
• Pour rest of the cream in a large chilled bowl and whisk with an electric mixer until it forms stiff peaks.
• Pour the gelatin mixture into this whipped cream and fold it into a uniform mixture.
• Add a splash of green food colouring and stir it into the mixture.
• Spread this filling across the crust and smooth out the surface with a spatula.
• Wrap it up in a plastic sheet and refrigerate for about 6 hours or even overnight to set.
• Top it up with a dollop of whipped cream and serve cold.

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