Chocolate Mousse Pie Gluten and Dairy Free
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Ingredients
  • 1 GF Chocolate Pie Crust*
  • ¼ cup plus 2 Tbsp water, divided
  • 2 tsp unflavored gelatin
  • ½ cup So Delicious culinary cream
  • ½ cup sugar, divided
  • ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 large egg, lightly beaten
  • 1 tsp gf vanilla extract
  • ⅓ cup enjoy life dairy free chocolate chips
  • 4 tsp dried egg whites
Instructions
  1. Place 2 tbsp water in a small bowl.
  2. Sprinkle gelatin over water.
  3. Stir until dissolved and set aside.
  4. Place cream, ¼ cup sugar, cocoa powder, egg and vanilla in a 2qt sauce pan.
  5. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly with a whisk, 6-8 minutes or until thickened.
  6. Remove saucepan from heat.
  7. Stir in gelatin mixture and chocolate chips.
  8. Transfer chocolate mixture to a bowl, preferably stainless still.
  9. Refrigerate 10 minutes or until cooled to room temperature.
  10. Combine remaining ¼ cup water and dried egg whites.
  11. Using an electric mixer, beat on high speed until frothy.
  12. Add remaining ¼ cup sugar; beat until soft peaks form.
  13. Gently fold half of the egg whites into chocolate mixture.
  14. Repeat with remaining egg whites; fold until incorporated.
  15. Pour mousse into pie shell.
  16. Refrigerate until mousse is set, 4 hours or overnight.
  17. Serve with strawberries, if desired.
Notes
*If you are unable to find a gf pie crust you can make one.
30 gf chocolate sandwich cookies (I use glutino)
2 tsp butter, melted (use a vegan if you want recipe to be dairy free)
1 tsp water
Scrape out filling in cookies.
Crush cookies into a fine crumble.
Combine crumbs, butter and water.
Spread crumbs evenly over pie plate.
Pack crumbs down evenly onto bottom and sides.
Bake at 350 degrees for 9-11 minutes or until firm. Let cool completely.
Recipe by Let's Be Yummy at http://letsbeyummy.com/2016/09/01/chocolate-mousse-pie-gluten-and-dairy-free-recipe/