Bountiful Hot Fudge Sundae Pie

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 1/4 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
• 1/4 cup finely ground toasted almonds or 1/4 cup walnuts or 1/4 cup pecans
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
• 1 teaspoon instant coffee powder
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter (1/2 stick)
• 1 quart rich vanilla ice cream, softened
• 1 quart rich chocolate ice cream, softened
• 1/2 cup whipping cream, whipped
• coarsely chopped toasted nuts (garnish)
• maraschino cherry, with stems rinsed and drained (garnish)

Recipe

• 1 for crust.
• 2 combine crumbs,nuts and sugar in small bowl and mix well.
• 3 pour melted butter over mixture and toss lightly until well blended.
• 4 press mixture evenly into bottom and up sides of 9- to 10-inch pie plate.
• 5 cover with plastic wrap and chill 30 minutes.
• 6 for sauce.
• 7 combine sugar,cocoa,and instant coffee in medium saucepan.
• 8 add 1/2 cup whipping cream and blend to smooth paste.
• 9 add remaining cream, blending well.
• 10 cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sugar is completely disolved.
• 11 add butter and cook until mixture is smooth and thickened, about 5 to 8 minutes; keep warm.
• 12 (can be prepared ahead, covered and refrigerated. reheat before using.).
• 13 for filling.
• 14 spread half of softened vanilla ice cream evenly over crust and freeze.
• 15 drizzle half of hot fudge over top (fudge will solidify).
• 16 spread remaining vanilla ice cream over fudge;return to freezer to firm.
• 17 scoop balls from chocolate ice cream and arrange over vanilla ice cream.
• 18 (can be prepared ahead to this point and frozen for several days, well wrapped. reheat fudge sauce and whip cream before proceeding.).
• 19 drizzle with remaining fudge sauc,top with small mounds of whipped cream,decorate with nuts and cherries and serve immediately.