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Chocolate Pecan Pie With Chantilly Cream
All the gooey goodness that chocolate pecan pie lovers crave, but with a cocoa crust, bittersweet morsels baked right into the custard, and fluffy chocolate cream.
👥 4 Servings👤 Liana Sinclair 📖 epicurious
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●oven
- ●pan
- ●saucepan
📝 Preparation Steps
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Dough
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Mix ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar, 3 Tbsp. Dutch-process cocoa powder, 1 tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt, and 2¾ cups (344 g) all-purpose flour in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on low speed to combine. Add 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1" pieces, and cover bowl with a kitchen towel (this will keep the flour from flying out) and beat until mixture resembles coarse meal with a few pea-size pieces of butter remaining, about ⏱️ 1 minute. Uncover bowl and add 2 large egg yolks; beat just until combined.
. Dutch-process cocoa powder3 Tbsp(2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1" pieces1 cup. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt1 tsp¾ cups (344 g) all-purpose flour, plus more for surface2large egg yolks2
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With motor running, drizzle in 2½ Tbsp. ice water and mix until incorporated. Dough should just hold together when squeezed in your hand but still be crumbly. If needed, add more water 1 tsp. at a time, turning on mixer in bursts to combine, until you get there (you want to be careful not to overwork). Turn dough out onto a work surface and pat into a 6"-diameter disk. Wrap in plastic and chill at least ⏱️ 20 minutes and up to 2 days.
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Roll out disk of dough on a lightly floured surface to about a 14"-diameter round. Carefully wrap around rolling pin and unfurl into a 9"-diameter pie dish. Gently lift up dough so it slumps down into edges of dish. Trim overhang and crimp edges as desired. Chill crust ⏱️ 15 minutes.
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Filling and assembly
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While crust is chilling, preheat oven to 350°. Whisk 4 large eggs, room temperature, ¾ cup light corn syrup, ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar, ¼ cup (50 g) dark brown sugar, ½ tsp. vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract, and 1 tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt in a medium bowl until smooth.
(2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1" pieces1 cuplarge eggs, room temperature4. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt1 tsp
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Remove crust from fridge and evenly arrange ½ cup semisweet chocolate wafers (disks, pistoles, fèves) or chips over, then scatter 2 cups raw pecan halves evenly on top. Pour egg mixture into crust.
(2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1" pieces1 cupraw pecan halves2 cups
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Bake pie until edges of filling are set and slightly puffed but center is still sunken and wobbles slightly when pie is gently shaken, about ⏱️ 1 hour (it will set more as it cools). Transfer pan to a wire rack and let pie cool, at least ⏱️ 2 hours.
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Meanwhile, place ½ cup milk chocolate wafers (disks, pistoles, fèves) or chips in a medium bowl. Bring ¼ cup heavy cream and remaining ½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ¼ tsp. Morton kosher salt to a boil in a small saucepan; immediately remove from heat. Pour hot cream over chocolate and whisk until melted and smooth. Whisk in 4 tsp. bourbon. Cover milk chocolate mixture and chill until ready to use.
(2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1" pieces1 cup. bourbon4 tsp
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Just before serving, scrape milk chocolate mixture into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Add 8 oz. mascarpone and beat until soft peaks form. Spoon Chantilly cream on top of pie and cut into slices. Do ahead: Pie can be baked 2 days ahead. Store tightly wrapped at room temperature. Top with Chantilly cream just before serving.
(2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1" pieces1 cup. mascarpone8 oz
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