French Silk Pie, Cooked

Steve_G's Note:

All the silky richness of the original recipe with a COOKED filling to guard against possible food poisoning associated with raw eggs.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 8

Yield: 1.0 pie

• 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)

Directions:

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.

Reviews

[BbyBluThghHghs]

Made this for my husband for Valentine's Day weekend. Unfortunately my pie wasn't so silky after having been refrigerated. I was looking for more of a mousse consistency and got a pretty hard, solid filling that I wasn't too thrilled about (the filling was beat until fluffy, as directed). While it still tasted good it wasn't what I was hoping for. I did swap the pie crust from a dough crust to a cookie crust and there were no complaints on that :). Good luck with the recipe!

[Wes and Sara]

VERY VERY yummy! Thanks for the great recipe!

[MarthaStewartWanabe]

If I could give you 10 stars for this recipe, I most certainly would! This was the most fantastic, smooth, rich chocolatey French silk pie I've ever tasted. Thank you so much for posting! Yum!