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Chocolate Cream Pie
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Brief Description
A beautiful pie that is great for entertaining - Epicurious.
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Main Ingredient
chocolate
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Category: Pies
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Cuisine: Southern
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Prep Time: 480 min(s)
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Cook Time: 20 min(s)
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Recipe Type: Public
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Source:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/chocolate-cream-pie-109139
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Notes:
Pie (without topping) can be chilled up to 1 day.
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Posted By: vastrother@aol.com
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Posted On: Mar 04, 2017
Number of Servings:
Ingredients:
- 1 1/3 - cups chocolate wafer crumbs (from about 26 cookies such as Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers)
- 5 tablespoons - unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 - cup sugar
- 2/3 - cup sugar
- 1/4 - cup cornstarch
- 1/2 - teaspoon salt
- 4 - large egg yolks
- 3 cups - whole milk
- 5 - oz fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), melted
- 2 - oz unsweetened chocolate, melted
- 2 tablespoons - unsalted butter, softened
- 1 - teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 - cup chilled heavy cream
- 1 - tablespoon sugar
Directions:
Make crust:
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Stir together crumbs, butter, and sugar and press on bottom and up side of a 9-inch pie plate (1-quart capacity). Bake until crisp, about 15 minutes, and cool on a rack.
Make filling:
Whisk together sugar, cornstarch, salt, and yolks in a 3-quart heavy saucepan until combined well, then add milk in a stream, whisking. Bring to a boil over moderate heat, whisking, then reduce heat and simmer while whisking, about 1 minute (filling will be thick).
Force filling through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, then whisk in chocolates, butter, and vanilla. Cover surface of filling with a buttered round of wax paper and cool completely, about 2 hours.
Spoon filling into crust and chill pie, loosely covered, at least 6 hours.
Make topping:
Just before serving, beat cream with sugar in a bowl using an electric mixer until it just holds stiff peaks, then spoon on top of pie.
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