French Silk Pie, Cooked

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

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)

Recipe

• 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.