Mississippi Mud Pie

This Mississippi Mud Pie is loaded with chocolate and then balanced with orange spiced poached pears and syrup. This cake was a birthday gift to myself this year. I loved it. Hope you do too :)
Mississippi Mud Pie
This Mississippi Mud Pie is loaded with chocolate and then balanced with orange spiced poached pears and syrup. This cake was a birthday gift to myself this year. I loved it. Hope you do too :)
Steps
- 1
For the cookie crust:
- 2
Remove the cream from the oreo cookies and crush them into crumbs. Add melted butter.
- 3
Pour this mixture into a greased 9 inch springform pan and press evenly with the back of a spoon at the bottom and up the sides. Cool for 10 mins.
- 4
Bake in a preheated oven at 160 degrees for 10 mins. Cool. Keep aside.
- 5
For the flourless chocolate cake:
- 6
Melt chocolate and butter over a double boiler. Add coffee, vanilla essence and salt. Cool.
- 7
Beat egg yolks with half of the sugar until light and fluffy. Add to the chocolate mixture.
- 8
Beat egg whites with the rest of the sugar until soft peaks.
- 9
Fold the egg whites mixture in the chocolate mixture. Do not overmix.
- 10
Add this batter to the prepared pan. Bake for about 20 mins at 180 degrees, just until it is set from the top but is still jiggly.
- 11
The cake will fall in the center after it cools.
- 12
Chill the cake for atleast 3 hours.
- 13
For the Chocolate - Nutell Pudding
- 14
Mix sugar, cocoa powder, corn flour. Add egg yolks and beat lightly.
- 15
One a medium low heat, slowly add milk to the above mixture, whisking continuously to avoid lumps getting formed.
- 16
Bring the mixture to a boil and cook for about 30 secs after that. The mixture will thicken considerably.
- 17
Turn off the heat and add the chocolate and nutella to this hot mixture. Whisk until the mixture is smooth.
- 18
Cool this pudding for atleast 1 hour.
- 19
Add to the prepared cake and level with a palette knife. Cool.
- 20
For the poached pears:
- 21
Mix the juice and spices and bring the mixture to a boil in a deep dish.
- 22
Add pears and simmer at medium-low heat for approximately 40-45 mins till the pears are tender. Keep turning the pears around to get an even colour.
- 23
Take the pears aside and reduce the sauce further till it coats at the back of your spoon. Cool the pears and the sauce.
- 24
Decorate the chocolate pie with the pears and drizzle the orange-spiced sauce over the top.
- 25
Serve. :D
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