French Silk Pie, Cooked

Ingredients

  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 6 ounces semisweet chocolate pieces
  • 1⁄3 cup butter
  • 1⁄3 cup sugar
  • 2 egg yolks, beaten
  • 3 tablespoons whipping cream
  • 1 baked 9 inch pie shell
  • whipped cream (for serving)
  • chocolate curls (for garnish)

Instructions

1 _ In a heavy 2-quart saucepan, combine the 1 cup whipping cream, chocolate pieces, butter and sugar.

2 _ Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, till chocolate is melted.

3 _ About 10 minutes.

4 _ Remove pan from heat.

5 _ Gradually stir about half of the hot mixture into the beaten egg yolks.

6 _ Return egg mixture to saucepan.

7 _ Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, till mixture is slightly thickened and almost bubbly-- 3 to 5 minutes.

8 _ Remove saucepan from heat.

9 _ Stir in whipping cream.

10 _ Place saucepan in a bowl of ice water, stir occasionally till mixture stiffens and becomes hard to stir (20 minutes).

11 _ Transfer chocolate mixture to a medium mixing bowl.


12 _ Beat the cooled chocolate mixture with an electric mixer on Medium to High speed until light and fluffy 2 or 3 mins.

13 _ Spread filling in a baked pastry shell.

14 _ Cover and chill pie 4-5 hours or until set Best served within 24 hours, but will last 3-4 days if stored properly.

15 _ Serve with whipped cream and a garnish with chocolate curls.

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