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Chocolate Pie
This simple chocolate pie features a rich, creamy custard filling and chocolate cookie crust; it's perfect for holidays, dinner parties, or any old Tuesday.
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 8h🔥 Cook: 45 min👤 Amy Mastrangelo📖 epicurious
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●oven
- ●bowl
- ●saucepan
- ●whisk
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Chocolate pie crust
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Place a rack in middle of oven; preheat to 350°F.
3
Stir together 1⅓ cups (161 g) chocolate wafer cookie crumbs, 5 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted, and ¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar in a medium bowl. Press on bottom and up sides of a 9” pie plate (1-qt. capacity). Bake crust until crisp, about ⏱️ 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool.
⅓ cups (161 g) chocolate wafer cookie crumbs1. unsalted butter, melted5 Tbsp. unsalted butter, softened2 Tbsp
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Chocolate pie filling
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Whisk ⅔ cup (133 g) granulated sugar, ¼ cup (28 g) cornstarch, ½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ¼ tsp. Morton kosher salt, and 4 large egg yolks in a 3-qt. heavy saucepan until combined well, then add 3 cups whole milk, room temperature, in a stream, whisking. Bring to a boil over medium heat, whisking, then reduce heat and simmer, whisking, about ⏱️ 1 minute (filling will be thick).
large egg yolks4whole milk, room temperature3 cups
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Strain filling through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, then whisk in 5 oz. fine-quality bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, melted, 2 oz. unsweetened chocolate, melted, 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter, softened, and 1 tsp. vanilla extract. Cover surface of filling with plastic wrap or a buttered round of parchment or wax paper and let cool completely, about ⏱️ 2 hours.
. unsweetened chocolate, melted2 oz. unsalted butter, melted5 Tbsp. unsalted butter, softened2 Tbsp. vanilla extract1 tsp
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Spoon chocolate filling into pie shell and chill pie, loosely covered, at least ⏱️ 6 hours.
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Topping
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Just before serving, beat ¾ cup chilled heavy cream with 1 Tbsp. granulated sugar in a medium bowl using an electric mixer until it just holds stiff peaks, then spoon on top of pie. Do Ahead: Pie (without topping) can be chilled up to 1 day. Editor's note: This chocolate pie recipe was first printed in the February 2004 issue of ‘Gourmet’ as Chocolate Cream Pie. Head this way for more of our favorite pie recipes →
. granulated sugar1 Tbsp
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