Dick Taeuber's Cordial Pie
Total time: 30 minutes
Yields: 6 servings
Author: Dick Taeuber
Source: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11205-dick-taeubers-brandy-alexander-pie
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups crumbs, (graham crackers, chocolate wafers or ginger snaps)
- 0.3333333333333333 cup butter, melted
- 1 gelatin, unflavored
- 0.6666666666666666 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs, separated
- 0.25 cup Cognac
- 0.25 cup creme de cacao
- 1 cup cream, heavy
- Food coloring, optional
- Chocolate curls
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine crumbs with butter. Form in a 9-inch pan and bake for 10 minutes. Cool.
Pour 1/ 2 cup cold water in a saucepan and sprinkle gelatin over it. Add 1/3 cup sugar, salt and egg yolks. Stir to blend. Place over low heat and stir until the gelatin dissolves and mixture thickens. Do not boil! Remove from heat.
Stir the liqueur(s) into the mixture. Then chill until the mixture starts to mound slightly when nudged with a spoon.
Beat the egg whites until stiff, then add remaining 1/3 cup sugar and beat until peaks are firm. Fold the meringue into the thickened mixture.
Whip the cream, then fold into the mixture. Add food coloring if desired. Turn the mixture into the crust. Add garnish, if desired. Chill several hours or overnight. Serves 6.
For variations, the formula is cocktail; liquor (equal parts, 1/2 cup total, unless noted otherwise); crust; garnish Brandy Alexander; Cognac, brown crème de cacao; graham cracker; chocolate curls Chocolate mint; white crème de cacao, brown crème de cacao; chocolate cookie; chocolate curls Grasshopper; white crème de menthe, green crème de menthe; chocolate cookie Eggnog; rum; gingersnap; nutmeg Banana mint; crème de banana, white crème de menthe; graham cracker Pink squirrel; crème de almond, white crème de cacao; graham cracker Brown velvet; triple sec, brown crème de cacao; chocolate cookie Irish coffee; Irish whisky (use double strength coffee in place of water); graham cracker Golden dream; Galliano, Cointreau (use 3/ 4 cup of orange juice in place of water, add 2 tablespoons grated orange peel); graham cracker; toasted coconut 10. Midnight cowboy; chocolate mint, brandy; chocolate cookie Italian mousse; chocolate mint, vodka; chocolate cookie Fifth Avenue; apricot brandy, brown crème de cacao; chocolate cookie Raspberry Alexander; 3 ounces raspberry brandy, 1 ounce white crème de cacao; graham cracker Blackberry Alexander; 3 ounces blackberry brandy, 1 ounce white crème de cacao; graham cracker Banana chocolate cream; crème de banana, white crème de cacao; chocolate cookie George Washington; chocolate mint, cherry brandy; chocolate cookie Shady lady; coffee-flavored brandy, triple sec (use coffee in place of water); chocolate cookie Cheri Suisse; cherry Suisse (cherry chocolate); chocolate cookie Vandermint; Vandermint (chocolate mint); chocolate cookie 20. Sabra; Sabra (orange chocolate); chocolate cookie
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine crumbs with butter. Form in a 9-inch pan and bake for 10 minutes. Cool.
Pour 1/ 2 cup cold water in a saucepan and sprinkle gelatin over it. Add 1/3 cup sugar, salt and egg yolks. Stir to blend. Place over low heat and stir until the gelatin dissolves and mixture thickens. Do not boil! Remove from heat.
Stir the liqueur(s) into the mixture. Then chill until the mixture starts to mound slightly when nudged with a spoon.
Beat the egg whites until stiff, then add remaining 1/3 cup sugar and beat until peaks are firm. Fold the meringue into the thickened mixture.
Whip the cream, then fold into the mixture. Add food coloring if desired. Turn the mixture into the crust. Add garnish, if desired. Chill several hours or overnight. Serves 6.
For variations, the formula is cocktail; liquor (equal parts, 1/2 cup total, unless noted otherwise); crust; garnish Brandy Alexander; Cognac, brown crème de cacao; graham cracker; chocolate curls Chocolate mint; white crème de cacao, brown crème de cacao; chocolate cookie; chocolate curls Grasshopper; white crème de menthe, green crème de menthe; chocolate cookie Eggnog; rum; gingersnap; nutmeg Banana mint; crème de banana, white crème de menthe; graham cracker Pink squirrel; crème de almond, white crème de cacao; graham cracker Brown velvet; triple sec, brown crème de cacao; chocolate cookie Irish coffee; Irish whisky (use double strength coffee in place of water); graham cracker Golden dream; Galliano, Cointreau (use 3/ 4 cup of orange juice in place of water, add 2 tablespoons grated orange peel); graham cracker; toasted coconut 10. Midnight cowboy; chocolate mint, brandy; chocolate cookie Italian mousse; chocolate mint, vodka; chocolate cookie Fifth Avenue; apricot brandy, brown crème de cacao; chocolate cookie Raspberry Alexander; 3 ounces raspberry brandy, 1 ounce white crème de cacao; graham cracker Blackberry Alexander; 3 ounces blackberry brandy, 1 ounce white crème de cacao; graham cracker Banana chocolate cream; crème de banana, white crème de cacao; chocolate cookie George Washington; chocolate mint, cherry brandy; chocolate cookie Shady lady; coffee-flavored brandy, triple sec (use coffee in place of water); chocolate cookie Cheri Suisse; cherry Suisse (cherry chocolate); chocolate cookie Vandermint; Vandermint (chocolate mint); chocolate cookie 20. Sabra; Sabra (orange chocolate); chocolate cookie
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