DICK TAEUBER'S BRANDY ALEXANDER PIE
In January 1970, The Times published a recipe for brandy Alexander pie. It was an unassuming confection: a graham-cracker crust filled with a wobbly, creamy mousse and enough alcohol to raise the hair on your neck and then make your neck wobbly too. Later that year, Craig Claiborne, then the food editor, declared it one of the paper's three most-requested dessert recipes and ran it again. By rights, this should have been the recipe's swan song. But thanks to Dick Taeuber, a Maryland statistician, the pie lived on. Taeuber discovered that you could use a simple formula to make the pie in the flavor of almost any cocktail you wanted (3 eggs to 1 cup cream to 1/2 cup liquor). In 1975, Claiborne renamed it Dick Taeuber's cordial pie and published it once more, this time with all 20 variations (see note). Calling it a cordial pie doesn't quite capture its punch or proof. Booze pie would be more fitting. It's not the kind of thing you want to serve for a children's birthday party.
Provided by Amanda Hesser
Categories pies and tarts, dessert
Time 30m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine the 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 the mixture thickens. Do not boil. Remove from heat.
- Stir the Cognac and creme de cacao 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 the 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.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 495, UnsaturatedFat 11 grams, Carbohydrate 44 grams, Fat 29 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 6 grams, SaturatedFat 17 grams, Sodium 323 milligrams, Sugar 32 grams, TransFat 0 grams
BRANDY ALEXANDER PIE
This recipe was originally published in 1970, in an article in the New York Times by Craig Claiborne and Pierre Franey. I do not use the food coloring, but feel free to color the pie to your liking. "Cooking time" is refrigeration time. When I was submitting this recipe, Food.com made me specify an amount for the gelatin - it would not let me enter "one envelope" - just know that one envelope is the correct amount of gelatin.
Provided by xtine
Categories Pie
Time 8h30m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350º. Combine the graham-cracker crumbs with the 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 the mixture thickens. Do not boil. Remove from heat.
- Stir the Cognac and creme de cacao into the mixture. Chill until the mixture starts to mound slightly when nudged with a spoon.
- Beat the egg whites until stiff, then add the remaining 1/3 cup sugar and beat until peaks are firm. Fold the meringue into the thickened gelatin/egg yolk mixture.
- Whip the cream, then fold into the mixture. Add food coloring if desired. Turn the mixture into the crust, and garnish with chocolate curls. Chill several hours or overnight.
BRANDY ALEXANDER PIE
Make and share this Brandy Alexander Pie recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Charlotte J
Categories Pie
Time 40m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Prepare Chocolate Petal Crust, set aside. Combine marshmallows and milk in medium saucepan cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until marshmallows are melted and mixture is smooth.
- Pour half the marshmallow mixture into small bowl, set aside.
- Add chocolate chips to the remaining marshmallow mixture, return to low heat and stir until chips are melted.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla, cool to room temperature.
- Stir brandy and creme de cacao into reserved marshmallow mixture, chill until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon.
- Whip cream until stiff.
- Fold 2 cups of the whipped cream into cooled chocolate mixture, spoon into cooled crust. Blend remaining whipped cream into chilled brandy mixture, spread over chocolate mixture.
- Chill about 2 hours or until firm.
- Just before serving, garnish with chocolate leaves.
- Leaves are made by painting melted chocolate onto leaves, cooled and then pull leave off.
- Make 5 or 6 different sizes of leaves to decorate the top of the pie.
NEW DEAL BRANDY ALEXANDER PIE
Categories Chocolate Dessert Bake Fall Bon Appétit Kidney Friendly Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield Serves 8
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- For Crust:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Finely grind ground chocolate cookies and half of semisweet chocolate in processor. Add melted butter and blend in using on/off turns until moist crumbs form. Press mixture onto bottom and up sides of 9 1/2-inch-diameter deep-dish glass pie dish. Bake until crust is set, about 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Sprinkle remaining chocolate over crust; let melt. Using back of spoon, gently spread chocolate over crust. Cool.
- For Filling:
- Combine 1/4 cup whipping cream and 1/4 cup crème de cacao in heavy medium saucepan. Sprinkle gelatin over and whisk to blend. Let stand 10 minutes to soften. Stir over low heat until gelatin dissolves. Add white chocolate and stir until melted and smooth. Stir in brandy. Transfer mixture to large bowl and cool, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes. Beat remaining 1 cup cream and 1/2 cup sour cream in medium bowl to stiff peaks. Fold cream into white chocolate mixture in 2 additions. Transfer filling to crust. Refrigerate until filling sets, at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Mound chocolate curls atop pie. Cut into wedges and serve.
BRANDY ALEXANDER PIE
A congealed version of the Frozen Brandy Alexander Pie for those of us that like cool pies with a kick.
Provided by Scout33
Categories Gelatin
Time 2h30m
Yield 8-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Sprinkle gelatin over cold water in small saucepan; let stand 1 minute.
- Cook over low heat 2 minutes or until gelatin is completely dissolved.
- Remove from heat; let stand 5 minutes.
- Whip cream until slightly thickened.
- Gradually add cooled gelatin mixture, sugar, brandy and creme de cacao, mixing until well blended.
- Refrigerate 2 hours or until set.
- Garnish with additional whipped cream and shaved or grated chocolate.
BRANDY ALEXANDER PIE (WW)
This sounds about as simple as you can get. The cooking time is the freezing time. From Weight Watchers magazine.
Provided by lazyme
Categories Pie
Time 6h10m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Combine ice cream and brandy; stir well.
- Spoon mixture into crust; cover.
- Freeze at least 6 hours.
- Spread whipped topping evenly over filling.
- Sprinkle with grated chocolate just before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 132.2, Fat 8.1, SaturatedFat 2.3, Cholesterol 0.2, Sodium 144.7, Carbohydrate 12.5, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 4.8, Protein 1.4
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