Name: Poinsettia Pie
Ingredients: 2 c Chocolate Wafer Crumbs; 6 tb Butter Or Margarine melted; 1/8 ts Peppermint Extract (opt); 3/4 c Sugar, divided; 1 Env Unflavored Gelatin; 1/3 c Cold Water; 3 Eggs, separated; 1/3 c Creme De Menthe; 1/2 c Whipping Cream, whipped; Chocolate Leaves; 1 Round Yellow Candy; 3/4 c White Chocolate Baking Bars Or Confectionery Coating, coarsely chopped; Red Food Coloring; Shortening; 3/4 c Semisweet Chocolate, coarsely chopped; Pastry Brush; 6 md (or 8) Lemon Leaves *

We are all starved for the glory of God, not self. No one goes to the Grand Canyon to increase self-esteem. Why do we go? Because there is greater healing for the soul in beholding splendor than there is in beholding self. Indeed, what could be more ludicrous in a vast and glorious universe like this than a human being, on the speck called earth, standing in front of a mirror trying to find significance in his own self-image? It is a great sadness that this is the gospel of the modern world. The Christian Gospel is about 'the glory of Christ,' not about me. And when it is—in some measure—about me, it is not about my being made much of by God, but about God mercifully enabling me to enjoy making much of Him forever.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy		Pies, Holidays	1	Pie

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Chocolate Wafer Crumbs
6	tb	Butter Or Margarine melted
1/8	ts	Peppermint Extract (opt)
3/4	c	Sugar, divided
1		Env Unflavored Gelatin
1/3	c	Cold Water
3		Eggs, separated
1/3	c	Creme De Menthe
1/2	c	Whipping Cream, whipped
		Chocolate Leaves
1		Round Yellow Candy
3/4	c	White Chocolate Baking Bars Or Confectionery Coating, coarsely chopped
		Red Food Coloring
		Shortening
3/4	c	Semisweet Chocolate, coarsely chopped
		Pastry Brush
6	md	(or 8) Lemon Leaves *

INSTRUCTIONS

CHOCOLATE LEAVES
EQUIPMENT
* These Noxtoxic Leaves Are Available At Florist Shops.
Preheat oven to 350F.  Combine cookie crumbs, butter and peppermint
extract, if desired, in small bowl. Press onto bottom and up sides of 9
inch pie plate. Bake 8 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
Combine 1/2 cup sugar and gelatin in small saucepan. Add cold water, let
stand 1 minute.  Stir over low heat until gelatin is completely dissolved.
Beat egg yolks in small bowl. Stir about 1/4 cup gelatin mixture into egg
yolks, return egg yolk mixture to saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring
constantly, until thick enough to coat the back of the spoon. Remove from
heat; stir in liqueur.  Cool to room temperature.
Beat egg whites until foamy.  Gradually beat in remaining 1/4 cup sugar;
continue beating until soft paks form. Fold into gelatin mixture. Gently
fold in whipped cream. Pour into cooled crust. Refrigerate until firm, 8
hours or overnight.
Prepare Chocolate Leaves, reserving small amount of melted chocolate.
Arrange chocolate leaves on pie to create poinsettia, using reserved
chocolate to attach. Place yellow candy in center. Refrigerate until
serving time.  Makes 1 9" pie. Submitted By RHOMMEL <RHOMMEL@IX.NETCOM.COM>
On   SUN, 12 NOV 1995 161619 ~0500
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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