Chocolate Cream Pie

Name: Chocolate Cream Pie
Prep time: 8 h
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 142 grams fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), melted; 315 milliliters chocolate wafer crumbs (from about 26 cookies such as Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers); 59 milliliters cornstarch; 4 larges egg yolks; 177 milliliters chilled heavy cream; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 Tbsp sugar; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter, softened; 57 grams unsweetened chocolate, melted; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 710 milliliters whole milk

Chocolate Cream Pie might be just the dessert you are searching for. One serving contains 343 calories, 6g of protein, and 24g of fat. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. Head to the store and pick up fine-quality bittersweet chocolate, salt, butter, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 8 hours.

Instructions

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.

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Oven

Stir together crumbs, butter, and sugar and press on bottom and up side of a 9-inch pie plate (1-quart capacity).

Ingredients you will need

Butter

Sugar

Bake until crisp, about 15 minutes, and cool on a rack.

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Oven

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, whisking, 1 minute (filling will be thick).

Ingredients you will need

Corn Starch

Sugar

Egg Yolk

Milk

Salt

Equipment you will use

Whisk

Sauce Pan

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.

Ingredients you will need

Vanilla