French Silk Pie Recipe

French Silk Pie Recipe

Ingredients:

1 c of cream (whipping)
1 pack of chocolate pcs (semisweet, 6 ozs)
1/3 c of butter
2 pcs of yolk of egg; beaten
1/3 c of white sugar
3 Tbsps of cream (whipping) or creme-de-cacao
1 pastry pie shell (8″ or 9″); baked
Whipped cream, optional
Mini chocolate pcs or choco curls, optional

Instructions:

Combine 1 c of cream (whipping), butter, sugar and choco pcs in heavy 2 quart saucepan. Then, cook on low stove heat, constantly stir ’til chocolate melts about ten mins. Remove the saucepan off the heat. Slowly stir 1/2 of hot mix into beaten yolks.

Next, return the egg mix into saucepan and cook on medium-low stove heat for 3 – 5 mins. Constantly stir ’til mixture slightly thickens and a bit bubbly. Remove the saucepan off from the heat.

Blend cream (whipping) or creme de cacao in. Place the saucepan into bowl w/ iced water. Occasionally stir for 20 mins or ’til mixture will stiffen and become difficult to mix. Transfer the chocolate mix into a separate bowl.

Then, beat cooled choco mixture w/ a mixer (electric) over medium – high mixer speed about 2 – 3 mins or ’til fluffy and light. Spread the filling into pastry pie shell. To finish, cover then chill for 5 hrs or as long as 24 hrs or ’til set. Before serving, top w/ cream (whipped) then sprinkle w/ choco pcs or curls, if preferred; serves 10.

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