Brownie Mud Pie

Ingredients

Yield:

Serves 6-8

• Brownie

  • 2/3 cup Chocolate
  • 8 Tbsp Butter
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2/3 cups Flour
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • Toasted Pecans (for final assembly)
  • Mini Marshmallows (for final assembly)

• Mousse

  • 1 cup Chocolate
  • 3 egg Yolks
  • 1/4 cup Sugar
  • 1 cup Cream, whipped
  • 1.5 sheets Gelatin

• Ganache

  • 1 cup Cream
  • 1 1/3 cups Chocolate

Preparation

Difficulty:

medium

Time:

30 Minutes

Total Time:

45 Minutes

1. Brownie

   • Melt the chocolate and butter together.
   • Stir the sugars and eggs together.
   • Mix in the chocolate mixture along with vanilla extract.
   • Stir in the sifted dry ingredients.
   • Pour into 9" deep round pie pan and bake 325F till firm to the touch.

2. Mousse

   • Melt the chocolate and keep warm.
   • Whisk the yolks and sugar together in a heat proof bowl.
   • Place bowl on top of a saucepan with simmering water and cook until thick and pale in color whisking continuously.
   • Strain into a clean mixing bowl then stir in melted gelatin (soak gelatin sheets in cold water to soften and then melt in microwave) and melted chocolate (mixture will be quite thick).
   • Loosen this mixture with 3 – 4 tablespoons of extra cream.
   • Fold in whipped cream.

3. Ganache

   • Boil the cream then stir in chocolate until melted.
   • *Do not pour all of the ganache in the mud pie – you will need some to glaze the entire pie once assembled.

4. ASSEMBLY

   • Sprinkle toasted pecans on top of the baked brownie followed by the ganache (should be roughly 2 cups).
   • Once set, sprinkle mini marshmallows on the ganache and lightly toast with a blowtorch.
   • Next pour the chocolate mousse on top and let set.
   • Mound the whipped topping on top of the mousse and shape into a dome.
   • Glaze with ganache and let set.