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Creamy Chocolate Cream Pie Recipe

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Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 baked pie Shell
4 egg yolks
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
21/2 cups half and half, light cream or whole milk
2 TBS butter
11/2 tsp Vanilla
3 oz chopped unsweetened chocolate
Directions:
Directions:
In medium saucepan combine sugar and cornstarch. Gradually stir in half and half and unsweetened chocolate. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly, reduce heat. Cook and stir a minute or two more. remove from heat. Break yolks into a small separate bowl and slightly beat with fork. Gradually stir in about 1 cup of the hot filings into the yolks. Add yolk mixture to filling in saucepan. Bring to a gentle boil; reduce heat. Cook and stir until thick. Remove from heat. Stir in butter and vanilla.
Pour filling into pre baked pie shell. Cover with saran wrap and cool 1 hour, then chill for 3 hours. Before serving decorate with whip cream and chocolate shavings.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
8
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Helpful hints:
*This is an easier chocolate cream pie than the rich chocolate cream pie.
*If you want to make it less dark and rich add semi sweet chocolate instead of unsweetened.
* It can thicken very rapidly, so whisking and removing from heat are critical to keep it from getting lumpy.
*A pie made with half and half will be bit more firm and rich than one with whole milk.
*Cool thoroughly before covering or condensation will drip from the plastic onto the filling. Or you can cover it immediately by pressing the plastic wrap directly onto the filling
*If you pour the yolks directly into the hot filling they will cook and harden immediately, that is why you pour 1 cup of the hot filling onto the yolks first.
*To make chocolate shavings use a vegetable peeler on a large piece of solid chocolate

 

 

 

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