Mile High Pie

By á-170456

Ingredients

• 4 ounces shelled walnuts minced
• 12 ounces Nice biscuits ground (or any light, crisp sugared biscuit cookie)
• 8 ounces unsalted butter softened, and more to grease pan
• 1 pound split peas
• 14 egg whites
• 1/8 cup cold water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 4 drops vanilla extract
• 1/2 gallon round container vanilla ice cream
• 1/2 gallon round container strawberry ice cream
• 16 ounces chocolate sauce

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

Combine walnuts and biscuits. Add butter and mash thoroughly.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter a 10-inch diameter springform pan and press biscuit crust into base and 2-inches up side. Cover this crust with waxed paper, cut to fit bottom exactly. Fill pan with split peas, up to height of sides and bake "blind" for 1 hour. Let cool while still filled.

When crust is cooled, removed pea weights and paper. Meanwhile, whip egg whites with cold water and salt until peaked. Fold in sugar a little at a time. Add vanilla and keep cool.

Unmold ice cream from containers and cut horizontally through middle of each to yield 4 discs total. Place disks in pie crust, alternating strawberry and vanilla flavors. Top with meringue, letting it fall all around the ice cream. Set in freezer for 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Remove pie from freezer and place in oven to brown meringue tips. You may also use a blow torch instead. Serve with chocolate sauce.

This recipe yields 12 servings.