Sinfully Heaven Chocolate Cream Pie |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Here's one of our family's favorites: a creamy chocolate cream pie which is easy to make and bake - serve it up with meringue or homemade whipped cream, the choice is yours. Now this pie could serve 8, but there's always a few who ask for seconds when it's that good, and this pie is that good! Read more ! Ingredients:
1 pie shell - baked blindly (not you, the pie) |
2/3 cup white sugar |
3-1/2 tablespoons cornstarch or 5 tablespoons flour (i prefer cornstarch) |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
2-1/2 cups whole milk |
3 extra large egg yolks (save whites for meringue) |
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract |
3 squares unsweetened chocolate, grated or cut up fine. |
1 hungry crowd looking forward and behaving well for their chocolate cream pie |
equipment needed: 1 double boiler with lid, remember to not let water touch bottom of double boiler, whisk. |
Directions:
1. Combine sugar, cornstarch, salt and shaved/grated unsweetened chocolate to double boiler over simmering water. With whisk, stir ingredients till combined.
2. Add cold milk and while stirring constantly and cooking over boiling water, cook until thickened. Place lid on top of double boiler and cook 15 minutes longer.
3. In separate bowl, beat egg yolks and temper hot mixture into beaten egg yolks by adding about 1/4 cup of the hot mixture into the beaten eggs. Then add the tempered egg yolks back into remaining mixture in double boiler and cook for 2 minutes over hot (not boiling) water stirring constantly. Cool (not in fridge!) but on counter then add pure vanilla extract.
4. Pour into baked pie shell, cover with meringue if so desired and bake 15 minutes or until meringue is lightly browned. Otherwise once pie is cooled, you can keep it chilled in fridge and serve with whipped cream right before serving.
5. Add shavings of chocolate for that martha factor if you wish along with a sprig of fresh mint.
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