French Silk Pie

Name: French Silk Pie
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mediterranean, French, European
Ingredients: 79 milliliters butter, softened; 2 teaspoons confectioners sugar; 2 eggs; 158 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 1 sheet refrigerated pie pastry; 158 milliliters sugar; 57 grams unsweetened chocolate, melted; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 6 servings Whipped cream and chocolate curls, optional

French Silk Pie

If you want to add more Mediterranean recipes to your recipe box, French Silk Pie might be a recipe you should try. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. This dessert has 355 calories, 4g of protein, and 28g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up vanillan extract, whipped cream and chocolate curls, eggs, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 50 minutes.

Instructions

Cut pastry sheet in half. Repackage and refrigerate one half for another use. On a lightly floured surface, roll out remaining half into an 8-in. circle.

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Roll

Transfer to a 7-in. pie plate; flute edges.

Line shell with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil.

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Aluminum Foil

Bake at 450° for 4 minutes.

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Oven

Remove foil; bake 2 minutes longer or until crust is golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.

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Crust

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Wire Rack

Oven

Aluminum Foil

In a small saucepan, combine sugar and eggs until well blended. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture reaches 160° and coats the back of a metal spoon.

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Sugar

Egg

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Sauce Pan

Remove from the heat. Stir in chocolate and vanilla until smooth. Cool to lukewarm (90°), stirring occasionally.

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Chocolate

Vanilla

In a small bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy.

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Butter

Cream

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Bowl

Add cooled chocolate mixture; beat on high speed for 5 minutes or until light and fluffy.

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Chocolate

In another large bowl, beat cream until it begins to thicken.

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Cream

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Bowl

Add confectioners' sugar; beat until stiff peaks form. Fold into chocolate mixture.

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Powdered Sugar

Chocolate

Pour into crust. Chill for at least 6 hours before serving.

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Crust

Garnish with whipped cream and chocolate curls if desired. Refrigerate leftovers.

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Chocolate Curls

Whipped Cream

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Servings:

79milliliters

butter, softened 2teaspoons

confectioners' sugar 2

eggs 158milliliters

heavy whipping cream 1sheet

refrigerated pie pastry 158milliliters

sugar 57grams

unsweetened chocolate, melted 1teaspoon

vanilla extract 6servings

Whipped cream and chocolate curls, optional

Recommended wine: Vin Santo, Late Harvest Riesling, Lambrusco Dolce

Vin Santo, Late Harvest Riesling, and Lambrusco Dolce are great choices for Silk Pie. These wines are all sweet, which is important since wine should usually be sweeter than the food you're pairing with it. One wine you could try is Chateau Chantal Late Harvest Riesling. It has 4.5 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 21 dollars.