Mint Cheesecake Filling

Name: Mint Cheesecake Filling
Yield: Makes enough for 1 grasshopper pie
Ingredients: 60 g white chocolate (2 ounces); 20 g grapeseed oil (2 tablespoons); 75 g cream cheese (2 1/2 ounces); 20 g confectioners’ sugar (2 tablespoons); 2 g peppermint extract (1/2 teaspoon); 1 g kosher salt (1/4 teaspoon); 2 drops green food coloring

December 14, 2011

We tried, tried, tried to make this work with our liquid cheesecake—one of our mother recipes and one of my favorite things to eat and cook with—but the finished pie just wasn’t right. So we came up with this work-around. This filling is very deep in flavor and sweetness, only meant to be layered in a gooey brownie pie. Do not attempt to snack on it or use it in another recipe.

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