Squirrel X's Culinary Miscellany!
chilled 'n thrillin' chocolate pie
"Make anything with love, and BAM! It's a beautiful meal."
__Emeril Lagasse
"Who could ever weary of moonlit nights and well-cooked rice?"
__Japanese proverb
"What I love about cooking is that after a hard day,
there is something comforting about the fact that
if you melt butter and add flour, then hot stock, it will get thick! It's a sure thing.
It's a sure thing in a world where nothing is sure!"
__Nora Ephron
"A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness."
__Elsa Schiaparelli
"Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work
in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent,
so is the ballet. "
__Julia Child
"Cooking is a creation."
__Piero Selvaggio
"'Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers."
__William Shakespeare
"Cooking is like love.
It should be entered into with abandon or not at all."
__Harriet Van Horne
Chilled and Thrillin' Chocolate Pie
Ingredients:
1 prepared chocolate crumb crust
1 cup regular-sized semi-sweet chocolate morsels
1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
1 teaspoon hot water
3/4 cup sour creme
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 and 1/2 cups heavy whippin' creme
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup bakin' cocoa
2 tablespoons miniature semi-sweet chocolate morsels
Instructions:
1) Melt the 1 cup of chocolate morsels in a small, heavy sauce pan
over very low heat.
2) Once the chocolate begins to melt, remove from heat and stir.
3) Return to heat for a few seconds at a time, stirrin' 'til smooth ---
then remove from heat and cool for about ten minutes.
4) In a medium sized bowl, combine the coffee granules and hot water.
5) Add the sour creme, white sugar, and vanilla extract ---
keep on stirrin' 'til the sugar dissolves.
6) Stir in the melted chocolate 'til smooth.
7) Spread mixture into prepared crust and refrigerate.
8) In a small bowl, vigorously beat the whippin' cream,
confectioners' sugar, and bakin' cocoa 'til stiff peaks form.
9) Spread confectioners' sugar mixture over the chocolate layer.
10) Sprinkle miniature chocolate morsels on top of the pie.
11) Freeze for 6 to 8 hours, or 'til firm.
and the best of intentions for whoever wants to try 'em,
but if somethin' goes wrong, don't blame the varmint.*
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