Courvoisier French Silk Pie |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 5 Minutes |
Ready In: 5 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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This is a delicious smooth as silk chocolate cream pie. Ingredients:
1 (9-inch) pastry crust, baked |
2 1/2 cups half and half or light cream |
4 tablespoons cornstarch |
1/3 cup sugar |
6 squares (1 ounce ea) semisweet chocolate |
4 egg yolks |
1 teaspoon vanilla |
1/4 cup courvoisier |
1 cup whipping cream |
2 tablespoons courvoisier |
chocolate shavings |
Directions:
1. In a medium saucepan, combine half and half, cornstarch, and sugar.
2. Stir until well-blended. Add chocolate and cook over low heat, stirring continuously, until chocolate is melted and mixture comes to a boil.
3. Stir one cup of hot mixture into yolks, return to pan. Cook and stir one minute. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and Courvoisier.
4. Pour into prepared crust. Chill four hours.
5. Whip cream with two tablespoons Courvoisier until fluffy. Spread over top of pie. Garnish with chocolate shavings.
6. **NOTE: Courvoisier is a type of Brandy/Cognac**
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