Michael Symon's Chocolate Pumpkin Pie

Sharon123's Note:

When I saw all the ooohs and ahhhhs from the people tasting this pie, I knew I had to get the recipe. If you're in a hurry, use a store bought pie crust. From the Chew! UPDATE: Due to a helpful reviewer, I have lowered the salt amount in this recipe.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 45 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

Crust

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (very cold and cut into small pieces)
• 2 -3 tablespoons ice cold water

The Chocolate part

• 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate (very finely chopped)
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate (chopped)
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (cut into small pieces)

Filling

• 1 (14 ounce) can pumpkin
• 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
• 3/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 pinch ground cloves

Directions:

1. For the Pie Crust: Combine the flour, salt, sugar and butter in a food processor and pulse until coarse, with small marbles of butter remaining. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the ice water and pulse until crumbly, and dough holds when squeezed together. Add another sprinkle of water if too dry, but do not overmix.
2. Transfer dough to a plastic bag, press into a disk, and refrigerate for one hour.
3. Preheat oven to 425°F.
4. Roll out dough on floured surface. Press into pie plate, trim to leave 1-inch excess around edges, fold under and flute edges. Cut a piece of parchment or nonstick foil to the size of the pie, and use to line pie crust. Fill with pie weights, and bake until golden, about 15 minutes.
5. Reduce heat to 325°F.
6. For the Pie Filling: In a double boiler, melt chocolate and butter, stirring frequently until smooth, and remove from heat.
7. In a large bowl, mix together the pumpkin, evaporated milk, light brown sugar, eggs, cornstarch, vanilla, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. Fold in the chocolate mixture, and pour into pie crust. Place pie pan on a baking sheet. Bake at 325*F until center of pie has set, about an hour. Refrigerate until cooled completely to serve.

Reviews

[hill.betty_11608687]

I tried this recipe and it is terrible. Waaaaaaaaaaaaay too much salt and it just was not good. We had to throw it out.

[moom.com]

We made Michael's pie and loved it the first day........however the second day not so much. Not sure what went wrong; the crust was tough and so was the filling. Great if you can eat it all in one day.