Grasshopper Pie

Name: Grasshopper Pie
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: German, European
Ingredients: 5 Tbsps butter, melted; 355 milliliters chocolate wafer crumbs, divided; 2 Tbsps clear creme de cacao; 2 Tbsps green creme de menthe; 158 milliliters heavy whipping cream, divided; 24 larges marshmallows

The recipe Grasshopper Pie can be made in approximately 30 minutes. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 2g of protein, 17g of fat, and This recipe is typical of European cuisine. This recipe from Taste of Home requires butter, chocolate wafer crumbs, clear creme de cacao, and marshmallows.

Instructions

Combine 1-1/2 cups wafer crumbs and butter. Press into an ungreased 9-in. pie plate.

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Butter

Wafer

Bake at 350° for 5-7 minutes or until set. Cool on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

In a large heavy saucepan, combine marshmallows and 2/3 cup cream; cook and stir over low heat until marshmallows are melted.

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Marshmallows

Cream

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Sauce Pan

Remove from the heat. Stir in creme de cacao and creme de menthe.

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Creme De Menthe

Creme De Cacao

Transfer to a small bowl; refrigerate for 1 hour or until slightly thickened.

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Bowl

In a large bowl, beat the remaining cream until stiff peaks form; fold into marshmallow mixture.

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Marshmallows

Cream

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Bowl

Pour into crust.

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Crust

Sprinkle with remaining wafer crumbs. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.

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Wafer

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Servings:

5Tbsps

butter, melted 355milliliters

chocolate wafer crumbs, divided 2Tbsps

clear creme de cacao 2Tbsps

green creme de menthe 158milliliters

heavy whipping cream, divided 24larges

marshmallows

Recommended wine: Wine, Alcoholic Drink, Ingredient, Lambrusco, Food Product Category, Cream Sherry, Vin Santo, Red Wine, Sherry, Port, Dessert Wine, Drink, Moscato, Menu Item Type, Sparkling Red Wine, Moscato Dasti, Late Harvest Riesling, Lambrusco Dolce, Late Harvest

Wine, Alcoholic Drink, and Ingredient are great choices for Grasshoppier Pie. These wines are all sweet, which is important since wine should usually be sweeter than the food you're pairing with it. The Catena Zapatan Argentino Vineyard Malbec with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 134 dollars per bottle.

Catena Zapata Argentino Vineyard Malbec

This wine represents more than a single vintage. It reflects a family's century-long journey to produce an Argentine Malbec that can stand with the great wines of the world.Malbec Argentino is a blend of Catena Zapata's historic Malbec vineyards, Adrianna and Nicasia. The wine is made from a meticulous vine selection within the best, historic rows of these family estate vineyards.