Mud Pie
by Wendy Kennedy
Ingredients
½ cup butter or margarine (125 ml)
2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs (500 ml)
4 cups coffee ice cream (softened) (1 liter)
1/3 cup cocoa (75 ml)
3 tbsp butter or margarine (50 ml)
2/3 cup white sugar (150 ml)
1/3 cup whipping cream (75 ml)
1 tsp vanilla (5 ml)
1 cup whipping cream (250 ml) or substitute
1 tbsp white sugar (15 ml)
½ tsp vanilla (2 ml)
Shaved chocolate - optional
Sliced almonds - optional
To make the crust:
Melt butter. Mix in crumbs.
Press into the bottom and sides of a 9" pie plate. Bake @ 350F for
10 minutes. Cool.
Once crust has cooled fill with chocolate ice cream. Freeze until
firm.
To make topping:
Put cocoa, butter, sugar, whipping
cream & vanilla into a pan. Heat & stir over medium heat until it
boils. Remove from heat. Cool for 10 minutes & then pour over
ice cream. Return to freezer.
To garnish:
Whip cream. Add sugar &
vanilla. Spread on top of pie. Garnish with shaved chocolate &
almonds if desired. Serve.
NOTE: If you can't find coffee ice cream you can dissolve 2 tsp (10
ml) of instant coffee in 4 tsp (20 ml) hot water and mix into soft vanilla
ice cream.
From
http://www.CanadianCountryGifts.com