Coffee Ice Cream Pie

[DarkAngel]

Coffee Ice Cream Pie

Makes One 9 inch pie
Ready in 2 hours

Dessert and coffee go hand in hand -- and this delicious dessert proves it. One bite of this coffee ice cream pie and you'll have plenty of grounds for adding it to your recipe repertoire. Chill out with this sweet treat tonight... and every other night.

Ingredients

Crust:
      1 1/8 cups chocolate wafer cookies, crushed
      1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
     
For saucepan:     
      6 tbsp. coffee-flavored liqueur
      1 tsp. instant espresso coffee powder
      3 oz. semisweet chocolate, chopped
      1 tbsp. unsalted butter
     
Layer 1:
      1 pint vanilla ice cream, softened
      2 tbsp. coffee-flavored liqueur
     
Layer 2:     
      1 pint chocolate ice cream, softened
      2 tbsp. coffee-flavored liqueur
     
Top Layer:     
      1 pint chocolate ice cream, softened
      2 tbsp. coffee-flavored liqueur       
     
For decoration:     
      3/4 cup whipped cream, beaten stiff

Methods/steps

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a medium bowl, stir together the cookie crumbs and melted butter. Press mixture evenly onto bottom and sides of a 9 inch pie pan. Bake crust in oven for 10 minutes.  Remove from oven and cool completely.

In a small saucepan, heat 6 tbsp. of liqueur and espresso powder over low heat. Heat until warm and powder is dissolved. Stir in chocolate and 1 tbsp. of butter until mixture is melted and smooth. Allow to cool completely.

Place vanilla ice cream into mixing bowl with 2 tbsp. of coffee liqueur. Using an electric mixer, blend together on low speed. Spread over bottom of cooled crust and freeze until firm.

Then spread cooled chocolate mixture over frozen ice cream. Freeze pie until firm.

Blend together chocolate ice cream and 2 tbsp. liqueur. Spread chocolate ice cream mixture over frozen chocolate sauce in pie. Freeze until firm.

Serve pie with a decorative piped border of whipped cream around the inside edge of the pie.

[thelufias]

Some folks just don't like Coffee Ice Cream..... I love it....and it's even better when you use Autocrat Coffee Syrup on it

[Jherrith]

Anything with gets thy attention

Hmm maybe that is what Kianna is doing wrong ... she is off to buy some of this coffee syrup

[thelufias]

Tempting as it sounds.....A Kianna Coffee Cake is not my cup of tea..... 

[Jherrith]

No sense of adventure at all sigh