Perfect Chocolate Cream Pie

Name: Perfect Chocolate Cream Pie
Prep time: 3 h 10 min
Cook time: 3 h 10 min
Total time: 3 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons chocolate extract (optional, but good!); 8 servings Chocolate chips or chocolate shavings for garnish; 4 Tbsps cornstarch; 4 larges egg yolks; 237 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 1 prebaked 9-inch pie shell; 8 Tbsps 2o powdered sugar; 177 milliliters granulted sugar; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter at room temperature; 85 grams unsweetened chocolate, chopped; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 591 milliliters whole milk

Perfect Chocolate Cream Pie might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 480 calories, 7g of protein, and 30g of fat. If you have egg yolks, prebaked 9-inch pie shell, cornstarch, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 3 hours and 10 minutes.

Instructions

Off heat, whisk the sugar, cornstarch, and salt together in a medium size saucepan, then whisk in the milk and egg yolks.

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Corn Starch

Egg Yolk

Sugar

Milk

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Whisk

Place the mixture over medium heat, constantly whisking and scraping the sides of the pan until the mixture begins to bubble and thicken.

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Whisk

Frying Pan

Add the butter 1 tablespoon at a time. When all of the butter is mixed in, add the vanilla and chocolate extract (if using).

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Chocolate Extract

Vanilla

Butter

Add the chocolate a little at a time, giving each addition of chocolate the chance to melt into the filling before adding more. Keep the mixture over the heat until the chocolate is smoothly melted and the cream thickens.

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Chocolate

Cream

Pour the chocolate filling into the pie shell. Cover the pie with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to cool for at least 1 hour before serving. When ready to serve, remove the pie from the refrigerator and remove the plastic wrap.Whip the cream and sweeten it with the powdered sugar. Stir in some vanilla.

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Powdered Sugar