Chocolate Whipped Cream Pie |
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Prep Time: 25 Minutes Cook Time: 25 Minutes |
Ready In: 50 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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Sinfully rich, and intensely chocolate. Prep time does not include refrigeration time. Ingredients:
2 cups milk |
1/2 cup sugar |
3 tablespoons cornstarch |
2 eggs |
10 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped |
1/4 cup butter, cut into tablespoons |
2 cups heavy cream |
1 9-inch baked pie crust |
Directions:
1. Heat milk to boiling in large heavy saucepan.
2. Stir together sugar and cornstarch in a mixing bowl; beat in eggs until smooth.
3. Very slowly stir in half the boiling milk, stirring constantly; return to saucepan.
4. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly; boil 1 minute; remove from heat.
5. Stir chocolate pieces and butter into custard until melted; gradually stir in 1 cup of the cream.
6. Pour chocolate filling into baked pie shell; lay a sheet of wax paper loosely over filling; cool; refrigerate overnight.
7. Remove wax paper from pie.
8. Whip remaining 1 cup cream in small bowl until stiff; spread over pie.
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