Passion fruit and yoghurt Mississippi mud pie

  • 6-8
  • 1 hour 30 minutes plus overnight straining and cooling
5.00

This is a real showstopper dessert from our cookbook 'Kitchen Twists'! Just when you thought Mississippi mud pie couldn't be improved upon, we topped it with soft folds of gently whipped yoghurt and cream, and a flourish of tropical passion fruit seeds.

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First published in 2022

Ingredients

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Biscuit Base

  • 200g of Bourbon biscuit
  • 40g of butter, melted

Chocolate pudding

Chocolate ganache

  • 100g of 75% dark chocolate
  • 100ml of double cream, plus extra to serve
  • 2 tbsp of golden syrup
  • 150g of icing sugar, sieved

Whipped yogurt

Equipment

  • Muslin cloth
  • 18cm spring-form cake tin

Method

1

Preheat the oven to 180°C

2

Place the yoghurt in a muslin cloth–lined sieve, and leave to hang over a bowl overnight to thicken

3

Place the biscuits and butter into a food processor and blitz to a sandy rubble. Press the mixture into the base and sides of an 18cm springform tin and place in the fridge to chill

  • 200g of Bourbon biscuit
  • 40g of butter, melted
4

For the filling, melt the chocolate and butter together in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Meanwhile, use an electric whisk to whisk the eggs and sugar together until thick and creamy – about 5 minutes

5

Fold in the cream into the melted chocolate mixture, then pour into the chilled springform tin and bake in the oven for 40–50 minutes, or until just set – a knife should come out clean when inserted into the centre. Leave to cool completely (it will likely sink a little in the centre)

  • 100ml of double cream
6

To make the chocolate ganache, combine all of the ingredients in a saucepan over a medium heat and mix, stirring regularly, until smooth and glossy. Set aside to cool, but don't refrigerate

  • 100g of 75% dark chocolate
  • 100ml of double cream, plus extra to serve
  • 2 tbsp of golden syrup
  • 150g of icing sugar, sieved
7

Whip the cream, strained yoghurt and vanilla extract together and mix through one third of the passionfruit

  • 100ml of double cream
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 passion fruit, halved and pulp scooped out
8

Once everything has cooled, carefully remove the cake from the tin and spread the chocolate ganache over, followed by the whipped yoghurt. Finish by drizzling the remaining passion fruit seeds over the top

First published in 2022

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