Chocolate Amaretto Mousse Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (12 ounce) package chocolate chips (chips)
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup amaretto liqueur
• 2 cups whipped cream

Recipe

• 1 line a 9 inch pie pan with aluminum foil (as smoothly as possible).
• 2 melt 1 cup of morsels with 2 teaspoons butter over medium heat.
• 3 spread melted chocolate evenly in bottom and up sides of pie plate to form the"crust" (shell).
• 4 place in freezer for at least 30 minutes.
• 5 meanwhile in medium sauce pan, place remaining morsels, butter, condensed milk, and salt.
• 6 cook over low heat till chocolate melts, stirring continuously.
• 7 add water and continue stirring.
• 8 cook for 5 minutes.
• 9 while still stirring, add amaretto and cook for 5 more minutes or until mixture thickens.
• 10 cool mixture to room temperature.
• 11 add some of the whipped cream to the chocolate mixture, stirring briskly.
• 12 gently fold remaining whipped cream into chocolate mixture.
• 13 remove chocolate"crust" from freezer, remove foil from shell.
• 14 pour chocolate mixture into chocolate shell crust.
• 15 chill for at least 3 1/2 hours before serving.
• 16 *slicesmay be garnished with a dollop of whipped cream which can be lightly sprinkled with slivered or crushed almonds.