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Chocolate Mousse Pie Recipe

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Ingredients

Directions

Step #1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Step #2 Place chocolate in top of a double boiler over hot water.
Step #3 Dissolve coffee in boiling water & add to chocolate.
Step #4 Cover up & let this stand over very low heat, stirring ocasionally.
Step #5 When almost melted, remove this from heat & beat smooth.
Step #6 Meanwhile, beat egg yolks until thick.
Step #7 Gradually beat in sugar until thick & lemony colored.
Step #8 Gradually beat chocolate into yolk mixture.
Step #9 Beat in 1 tsps vanilla.
Step #10 Beat egg white & salt until stiff, but not dry.
Step #11 Stir 1/4 of whites in chocolate mixture.
Step #12 Fold in rest of white carefully until mixed.
Step #13 Dust well-buttered 9" pie pan with bread crumbs.
Step #14 Fill pan up to rim with part of mixture & level.
Step #15 Bake 25 mins.
Step #16 Turn off oven & leave in for 5 mins.
Step #17 Remove from oven & cool on wire rack.
Step #18 Mousse will sink to form pie shell.
Step #19 When completely cool, fill with remaining mousse that has been put in the fridged.
Step #20 Beat heavy cream with confectioner's sugar & 1 1/2 tsps vanilla, & decorate pie.
Step #21 Chill & serve.
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