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Chocolate Mousse Pie

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Course Dessert
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

For the Crust

  • 21 Oreos, the whole cookie with the center
  • 1/4 cup unsaltee butter, cut into pieces, room temperature

For the Mouse

  • 12 ounces semisweet chocolate or milk chocolate, finely chopped I used Milk Chocolate
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • pinch of salt
  • 3 3/4 cup chilled whipping creM
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • chocolate shavings, optional

Instructions
 

For the Crust

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides. Finely grind cookies in processor. Add butter and process until mixture is evenly moistened. Press crumb mixture onto bottom and up sides of prepared pan to form thin crust. Bake crust 5 minutes. Transfer crust to rack and cool completely.

For the Mousse

  • Combine chocolate, vanilla and salt in processor. Bring 1 cup cream to boil in heavy small saucepan. With processor running, gradually pour hot cream through feed tube and process until chocolate is melted and smooth. Transfer mixture to large bowl. Cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally.
    Beat 2 cups cream and sugar in large bowl to stiff peaks. Fold into chocolate mixture. Pour mousse into prepared crust. Chill until set, about 6 hours. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead.)
    Beat remaining 3/4 cup cream in medium bowl to firm peaks. Transfer to pastry bag fitted with medium star tip. Pipe rosettes of cream around edge of cake. Garnish with chocolate shavings.