DAY Recipe

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350°F. Unfold crust into 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Fold overhang in and press firmly to sides. Using fingertips, press sides up to form raised edge * inch above pan sides. Pierce crust all over with fork. Freeze 5 minutes. Bake crust until golden, about 22 minutes. Cool. Maintain oven temperature.

Melt butter in heavy small saucepan over low heat; pour into large bowl. Add brownie mix, 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon water, egg and peppermint extract; whisk to blend. Stir in packet of chocolate chips, if included in brownie mix.

Spoon batter into crust. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out with some moist crumbs still attached, about 45 minutes. Let stand on rack while preparing chocolate toppings.Whisk 3/4 cup semisweet chips and 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons water in heavy small saucepan over low heat until melted and smooth. Remove from heat. Combine white baking chips with 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon water in another heavy small saucepan. Whisk over low heat until melted and smooth. Remove from heat.

Spoon melted semisweet chocolate by tablespoonfuls onto warm brownie in 7 or 8 pools, spacing evenly. Spoon melted white chips into remaining spaces to cover brownie. Using tip of knife, swirl chocolates. Let cool at room temperature in pan on rack until top is set, about 2 hours. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; let stand at room temperature.) Remove tart pan sides. Garnish with mint.

DIRECTIONS

Stir first 3 ingredients in heavy mediumsaucepan over medium-low heat until melted and smooth. Remove from heat. Whisk in brandy. Cool.

Line 10-inch-diameter, 10-cup metal bowl with plastic wrap, extending over sides. Spread cherry-vanilla ice cream over inside of bowl to within 3/4 inch of top edge, leaving center 6-inch-diameter hollow. Freeze 30 minutes. Fill hollow completely with sorbet; smooth top. Overlap half of cookies (about 22) atop ice cream and sorbet, covering completely and pressing gently. Spread 1* cups fudge sauce over cookies. Overlap remaining cookies atop sauce. Cover; freeze bombe overnight. Cover and chill remaining sauce. (Can be made 3 days ahead. Keep bombe frozen. Keep sauce chilled.)

Rewarm remaining sauce over low heat, stirring often. Turn bombe out onto platter. Peel off plastic. Cut bombe into wedges. Serve with remaining sauce.

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 375°F. Blend cookies, butter and sugar in processor until cookies are finely ground. Add 1 1/2 cups halvah and blend in, using on/off turns. Sprinkle 1 1/4 cups crumb mixture over bottom of 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Press remaining crumb mixture firmly over bottom and halfway up sides of 9-inch-diameter springform pan. Bake until crumb mixture in pie dish and crust in pan begin to puff, about 10 minutes. Cool crumb mixture and crust completely.

Spread 1 1/2 pints ice cream evenly on cooled crust in springform pan. Sprinkle with 1 cup crumbled halvah. Spread remaining ice cream over. Break up crumb mixture from pie dish. Sprinkle evenly over ice cream; press to adhere for top crust. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup crumbled halvah. Cover; freeze torte until firm, at least 3 hours and up to 5 days.

DIRECTIONS

for crust: Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Finely grind cookies in processor. Add melted butter; blend until moist crumbs form. Press crumbs onto bottom and up sides of pie dish. Bake until crust is set, about 12 minutes. Cool on rack.

for filling: Stir chocolate and amaretto in medium metal bowl set over saucepan of simmering water until chocolate is melted and smooth (do not allow bottom of bowl to touch water). Remove bowl from over water. Stir in corn syrup. Cool to room temperature.
Beat cream in large bowl to soft peaks. Fold 1/4 of whipped cream into chocolate mixture, then fold in remaining cream. Spoon filling into crust. Freeze until firm, at least 4 hours or overnight.