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      Title: Chocolate Cream Pie
 Categories: Pies, Desserts, Pastry, Chocolate, Dairy
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
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  1 1/3 c  Chocolate wafer crumbs
      5 tb Unsalted butter; melted
    1/4 c  Sugar

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    2/3 c  Sugar
    1/4 c  Corn starch
    1/2 ts Salt
      4 lg Egg yolks
      3 c  Whole milk
      5 oz Fine-quality bittersweet
           - chocolate;
           - not unsweetened, melted
      2 oz Unsweetened chocolate;
           - melted
      2 tb Unsalted butter; softened
      1 ts Vanilla

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    3/4 c  Heavy cream; chilled
      1 tb Sugar
 
  This beautiful pie is great for entertaining, since the rich,
  creamy filling will be a surefire hit with anyone who likes
  chocolate pudding.
  
  Crust:

  Put oven rack in middle position and set oven @
  350°F/175°C.
  
  Stir together crumbs, butter, and sugar and press on bottom and up
  side of a 9" pie plate (1 qt capacity). Bake until crisp, about
  15 minutes, and cool on a rack.
  
  Filling:

  Whisk together sugar, corn starch, salt, and yolks in a 3 qt heavy
  saucepan until combined well, then add milk in a stream, whisking.
  Bring to a boil over moderate heat, whisking, then reduce heat and
  simmer, whisking, 1 minute. Filling will be thick.
  
  Force filling through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, then whisk in
  chocolates, butter, and vanilla. Cover surface of filling with a
  buttered round of wax paper and cool completely, about 2 hours.
  
  Spoon filling into crust and chill pie, loosely covered, at least
  6 hours.
  
  Topping:

  Just before serving, beat cream with sugar in a bowl using an
  electric mixer until it just holds stiff peaks, then spoon on top
  of pie.
  
  Note: Pie (without topping) can be chilled up to 1 day.
  
  Recipe by Kemp M. Minifie, Feb 2004
  
  Formatted by: Dave Drum, Oct 19, 2008
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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