MEXICAN CHOCOLATE PIE

DIRECTIONS - FILLING, SPRINKLE GELATINE OVER 1/2 C COLD WATER IN MEASURING CUP; LET SOFTEN ABOUT 5 MIN. SEPARATE EGGS, PLACING TWO WHITES (refrigerate remain- ing whits) IN SMALL BOWL OF ELETRIC MIXER, YOLKS IN TOP OF DOUBLE BOILER. LET EGG WHITES WARM TO ROOM TEMP. BEAT EGG YOLKS SLIGHTLY WITH WOODEN SPOON STIR IN GELATINE MIXTURE,CHOCO AND 2 T SUGAR, COOK OVER HOT,NOT BOILING, WATER, STIRRING, UNTIL CHOCO IS MELTED AND GELATINE IS DISSOLVED(10 MIN). REMOVE FROM HEAT. STIR IN COFFEE-FLAVORED LIQUEUR. TURN CHOCO MIX. INTO A MEDIUM LARGE BOWL; PLACE IN LARGE BOWL OF ICE WATER. STIR OCC. UNTIL COOL CONSISTENCY OF UNBEATEN EGG WHITE(15 MIN) TOAST ALMONDS, COOL. IN CHILLED BOWL, WHIP CRM UNTIL STIFF,REFRIG. BEAT EGG WHITE (SOFT PEAKS) GRADUALLY BEAT IN REMAINING 2 T SUGAR, BEATING UNTIL STIFF PEAKS. WITH WIRE WHISK, FOLD EGG WHITES AND 1 1/2 C SHIPPED CREAM INTO CHOCO MIX. TURN INTO PIE SHELL. CHILL AT LEAST 3 HRS.(OVERNIGHT) CHOP ALMONDS. GARNISH WITH NUTS, WHIPPED CREAM. MAKES 10-12 SERVINGS. Archive January 2010 December 2009 July 2009 June 2009 April 2009 March 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008