Tarte à la bouille is a custard pie built on a sweet dough crust — thick, tender, and closer to a sugar cookie than a conventional pie shell — filled with a cooked vanilla custard made from milk, eggs, cornstarch, butter, and sugar. The filling is set before it goes into the shell, poured in […]

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Grasshopper pie is a no-bake icebox pie with a chocolate cookie crust and a filling made from crème de menthe, crème de cacao, and whipped cream or marshmallow cream set with gelatin. The filling is pale green from the mint liqueur, cold, and light in texture. It is served directly from the refrigerator or freezer […]

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