Frozen Pumpkin Mousse Torte With Caramel-pecan Topping

In regeneration nature is not ruined, but rectified. The convert is the same man, but new made. The faculties of his soul are not destroyed, but they are refined; the same violin, but newly tuned. Christ gave not the blind man new eyes, but a new sight to the old ones. Christ did not give Lazarus a new body, but enlivened his old body. So God in conversion doth not bestow a new understanding, but a new light to the old; not a new soul, but a new life to the old one.

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs		November 19	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3	c	Pecans, toasted about 11
		ounces
1/2	c	Firmly packed golden brown
		sugar
3	T	Butter, melted
2 1/2	c	Chilled whipping cream
1	c	Firmly packed golden brown
		sugar
8		Egg yolks
1 1/2	c	Canned solid pack pumpkin
1/2	c	Light corn syrup
3	T	Dark rum
1 1/2	t	Ground ginger
3/4	t	Ground cinnamon
1/4	t	Ground nutmeg
1 1/2	c	Pecan halves, toasted about
		1/2 ounces
1		Jar butterscotch caramel
		fudge sauce 17-ounce

INSTRUCTIONS

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For Crust:  Preheat oven to 350F. Finely chop nuts and sugar in
processor. Add  butter and blend, using on/off turns, until moist
crumbs form. Using  plastic wrap as aid, press mixture onto bottom and
all the way up  sides of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2
3/4-inch-high sides,  covering completely. Freeze 10 minutes. Bake
crust until golden,  about 10 minutes. Cool.  For Filling:  Whisk 1 cup
cream, sugar and yolks in heavy medium saucepan. Stir  constantly over
medium heat until candy thermometer registers 160  about 6 minutes.
Strain into large bowl. Using electric mixer, beat  mixture until cool
and slightly thickened, about 8 minutes. Beat in  pumpkin, corn syrup,
rum and spices.  Using electric mixer, beat remaining 1 1/2 cups cream
in large bowl to  medium-stiff peaks. Fold cream into pumpkin mixture.
Transfer filling  to crust. Cover and freeze overnight.  For Topping:
Arrange pecans side by side atop torte, covering completely. Drizzle
1/2 cup caramel sauce over, covering nuts completely (pan will be
filled to top). Freeze until caramel sets, at least 3 hours or
overnight.  Run sharp knife around pan sides to loosen torte. Release
pan sides.  Stir remaining caramel sauce in heavy small saucepan over
medium heat  until warm. Slice torte and serve with sauce.  Serves 12.
Bon Appetit November 1994  Converted by MC_Buster.  Converted by
MM_Buster v2.0l.

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