Grasshopper Pie
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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2006
Today grasshopper pie means ice cream. But it started off as a mint and chocolate chiffon dessert based on a Prohibition-era cocktail. We went retro and brought back the original.
WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS
For the mint-flavored crust in our Grasshopper Pie recipe, we crushed minty Oreo cookies. The food processor made quick work of this task, but smashing them with a rolling pin worked just as well. Two liqueurs lent an intensely minty flavor...
