French Silk Pie
From Betty Crocker Cookbook
Author: Jenny
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
- Baked Pie Crust
- ¼ cup butter
- 3 oz. unsweetened baking chocolate
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 Tbsp. cornstarch
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup heavy cream
- Whipped cream
Instructions
- Prepare baked pie crust.
- Melt butter and chocolate in 2-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally; remove from heat. Mix sugar and cornstarch; stir into chocolate mixture.
- Beat eggs in small bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until thick and lemon colored; stir into chocolate mixture. Cook chocolate mixture over medium heat 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until thick and glossy. Stir in vanilla. Cool 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Beat whipping cream in chilled medium bowl with electric mixer on high speed, until stiff. Fold chocolate mixture into whipped cream. Spread in pie shell. Cover and refrigerate about 4 hours or until set. Garnish with whipped cream. Immediately refrigerate any remaining pie.
