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: 76 grams butter, softened; 2 teaspoons confectioners sugar; 2 eggs; 159 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 1 sheet refrigerated pie pastry; 133 grams sugar; 57 grams unsweetened chocolate, melted; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 6 servings Whipped cream and chocolate curls, optional

French Silk Pie might be just the Mediterranean recipe you are searching for. For 69 cents per serving, you get a dessert that serves 6. One serving contains 355 calories, 4g of protein, and 28g of fat. If you have butter, pie pastry, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 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