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Grasshopper Pie

Our grasshopper pie is like a brownie pie that got drunk on crème de menthe.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 1 (10-inch) pie; serves 8 to 10

Ingredients

1 recipe Brownie Pie (page 124), prepared through step 8
1 recipe Mint Cheesecake Filling (recipe follows)
20 g mini chocolate chips (2 tablespoons)
25 g mini marshmallows (1/2 cup)
1 recipe Mint Glaze (recipe follows), warm

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Heat the oven to 350°F.

    Step 2

    Grab a sheet pan and put your pie tin of graham crust on it. Pour the mint cheesecake filling into the shell. Pour the brownie batter on top of it. Use the tip of a knife to swirl the batter and mint filling, teasing up streaks of the mint filling so they show through the brownie batter.

    Step 3

    Sprinkle the mini chocolate chips into a small ring in the center of the pie, leaving the bull’s-eye center empty. Sprinkle the mini marshmallows into a ring around the ring of chocolate chips.

    Step 4

    Bake the pie for 25 minutes. It should puff slightly on the edges but still be jiggly in the center. The mini chocolate chips will look as if they are beginning to melt, and the mini marshmallows should be evenly tanned. Leave the pie in the oven for an additional 3 to 4 minutes if this is not the case.

    Step 5

    Cool the pie completely before finishing it. (You can speed up the cooling process by carefully transferring the pie to the fridge or freezer directly out of the oven if you’re in a hurry.)

    Step 6

    Now the pie needs to be Jackson-Pollocked with mint glaze. Make sure your glaze is still warm to the touch. Dunk the tines of a fork into the warm glaze, then dangle the fork about 1 inch above the bull’s-eye center of the pie.

    Step 7

    Transfer the pie to the fridge so the mint glaze firms up before serving—which will happen as soon as it’s cold, about 15 minutes. Wrapped in plastic, the pie will keep fresh in the fridge for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to 2 weeks.

  2. notes

    Step 8

    You’ll need less than a full recipe of brownie pie filling. Save the excess brownie batter that won’t squeeze into the pie and bake it in cupcake molds!

Reprinted with permission from Momofuku Milk Bar by Christina Tosi with Courtney McBroom. Copyright © 2011 by MomoMilk, LLC. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. Christina Tosi is the chef and owner of Momofuku Milk Bar, called "one of the most exciting bakeries in the country" by Bon Appètit. As founder of the desserts programs at Momofuku, including Noodle Bar, Ssäat;m Bar, Ko and Má Pêche, Christina was most recently shortlisted for a James Beard Foundation Rising Star Chef Award. Christina and her confections have appeared on The Martha Stewart Show and Live! with Regis and Kelly, among others. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her three dogs and eats an unconscionable amount of raw cookie dough every day.
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