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French Silk Chocolate Pie
This French Silk Chocolate Pie is a chocolate lover's dream dessert! The light and fluffy, intensely chocolate mousse filling will melt in your mouth and have everyone vying for the last piece!
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Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup heavy cream chilled
- 3 large eggs
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate melted and cooled
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 8 tablespoons 1 stick unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and softened
- 1 9-inch pie shell, baked and cooled
- 1 recipe Stabilized Whipped Cream optional
- Chocolate Curls optional
Instructions
- Melt chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl: melt chocolate in the microwave at 30-second intervals, stirring between times, until melted and smooth; set aside to cool to room temperature.
- With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, whip cream to stiff peaks, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer whipped cream to a small bowl and refrigerate.
- Combine eggs, sugar, and water in a large heatproof bowl set it over a medium saucepan filled with ½ inch barely simmering water (don’t let the bowl touch water).
- With an electric mixer, beat mixture on medium speed until egg mixture is thickened, about 7 to 10 minutes.
- Remove bowl from heat and continue to beat egg mixture until light yellow, fluffy and cooled to room temperature, about 8 minutes.
- Add chocolate and vanilla to cool egg mixture and beat until incorporated.
- Beat in butter, a few pieces at a time, until well combined.
- Using a spatula, fold in chilled whipped cream until no streaks of white remain.
- Pour filling into cooled pie shell and refrigerate until set, at least 3 hours and up to 24 hours.
- If desired, top with Stabilized Whipped Cream and Chocolate Curls.
- Serve.
Notes
NOTE: You will need a fully baked pie shell for this recipe. Use your favorite pie dough or use my Buttery Flaky Pie Crust recipe. Serve with lightly sweetened whipped cream.