French Silk Pie

Recipe adapted from Taste of Home.

A chocolate, french silk pie

Equipment

  • Baine Marie or sauce pan and glass bowl that can fit on top
  • Hand mixer or stand mixer
  • Offset spatula
  • Tart pan

Crust

  • 130 g flour
  • 1/3 cup (75g) shortening
  • 1/2 t salt
  • 3 T ice water
  1. Mix the flour, shortening, and salt.
  2. Cut the flour into the shortening.
  3. Add water and continue to cut the mixture until it sticks together and has a consistency like coarse gravel.
  4. (Optional) Refrigerate to make the dough easier to handle.
  5. Roll the dough flat between two sheets of wax paper.
  6. Press pie crust into tart pan and remove excess crust.

Filling

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 oz dark chocolate
  • 1.5 t vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 T confectioners' sugar
  1. Whisk the eggs and combine with sugar in a bowl, cook over low heat in double boiler until mixture reaches 160 F. Stir constantly.
  2. Remove from heat.
  3. Stir in chocolate and vanilla.
  4. Cool to 90F.
  5. Cream butter until light and fluffy.
  6. Add cooled chocolate mixture.
  7. Beat on high until light and fluffy.
  8. Beat heavy cream and confectioners sugar.
  9. Pour into crust.
  10. Level the mixture with offset spatula.
  11. Rest at least 8 hours.