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- Eggnog Chiffon Pie
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- Baked Pastry Shell
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
- 1 1/2 cups dairy eggnog
- 2 slightly beaten egg yolks
- 1/4 cup rum
- 2 egg whites
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3/4 cup whipping cream
- Caramel Filigree
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- For filling, in a medium saucepan combine the sugar and gelatin. Add
- eggnog and egg yolks. Cook and stir till sugar and gelatin dissolve
- and mixture thickens slightly and bubbles. Cool 10 minutes; stir in
- rum. Chill till consistency of corn syrup; stir occasionally. Remove
- from refrigerator; let stand till partially set (consistency of unbeaten
- egg whites.
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- Meanwhile, in a large mixer bowl beat egg whites till soft peaks form
- (tips curl). Gradually add the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, beating
- till stiff peaks form (tips stand straight). Fold egg whites into
- gelatin mixture.
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- Beat whipping cream till soft peaks form. Fold cream into eggnog
- mixture. Chill till the mixture mounds when spooned; pile into baked
- pastry shell. Chill several hours or until set.
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- About 1 hour before serving, prepare Caramel Filigree and drizzle atop
- pie. Pipe additional whipped cream around pie, if desired.
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- Caramel Filigree: In a heavy 1-quart saucepan heat 1/2 cup sugar over
- medium-low heat without stirring. When sugar begins to melt, heat and
- stir constantly till mixture is almost a medium caramel color (syrup
- will darken after removed from heat). Stir in a few drops of hot water.
- Let stand for 1 minute. Using a spoon quickly drizzle the caramelized
- sugar over the top of the pie till a web of caramel is built up.
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