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Pies don’t always have to be meat, potatoes and gravy. If anything, pies can make for very interesting desserts, as proven by the following recipe.
I first encountered these pies when I spent 3 months in New York reviewing a collection of their top dessert restaurants. After seeing (and eating) cream pie after cream pie, it only felt right to have a go at the recipe myself.
And it has become a welcome addition in my household…
Now the following version of this pie is sure to satisfy the chocoholics amongst you, as it has got the right balance of not being too rich, but having enough flavour that you savour every mouthful.
| Chocolate Cream Pie |
Recipe type: Dessert Pie
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Prep time: 5 mins
Cook time: 10 mins
Total time: 15 mins
Serves: 8
For a quick and easy dessert why not offer your guests a delicious chocolate cream pie.
Ingredients
- 168g White sugar
- 41g All-purpose flour
- 500ml Milk (Now the type of chocolate you use is up to you. Generally this recipe works best with dark chocolate, but if you are not a fan of rich flavours, you can try using milk chocolate or a bit of both.)
- 28g Unsweetened chocolate
- 3 Egg yolks
- 2tbsp Butter
- 1tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 (9 inch) pie shell, baked
Instructions
- This recipe does cheat a little with you buying a pre-made pie shell, but I think you’re allowed given that you’ll be making the chocolaty centre from scratch.
- To make, you will first need to combine your sugar, flour, milk and chopped chocolate in a saucepan and cook until your chocolate has melted and your sauce is bubbling. Continue stirring for 2 minutes.
- In a separate bowl take your eggs yolks and a little of this hot sauce and beat rapidly. It is important that you do this quick as you don’t want your egg yolks cooking in the heat of the mixture.
- Add your yolk mixture to the rest of your chocolate sauce and continue cooking for a minute and a half.
- Remove this from heat, and stir in your butter and vanilla extract.
- Pour this chocolaty sauce into your pie shell and leave to set.
- For a finishing touch you can add whipped cream or a little grated chocolate (white, milk or dark it doesn’t matter)
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4 Responses to Chocolate Cream Pie
Looks yummy the chocolate cream pie but there is no mention of the calorie count! Some of us have to keep an eye on our weight. Do you bake low calorie biscuits?
I have a chocolate cream pie recipe bit different to yours with a biscuit base and like a home made plain chocolate custard on the top and then cream on the top of that. Easy to make and incredibly scrummy!
(Chocolate cream pie)ingredients, 500ml milk and 28 g chocolate is that right?
Miss the cream pies from the US very much. Will give this one a try but where do you manage to find a pie shell in the UK? I know they are common in the US, but I don’t think I have seen any here.