Chocolate Cream Pie with Variations
Source of Recipe
The Ultimate Southern Living Cookbook, pg. 308
Recipe Introduction
Rich and delicious!
List of Ingredients
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup plus 2 t. cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 egg yolks -- beaten
3 cups milk (preferably whole milk)
3 oz. unsweetened chocolate -- melted
1 1/2 Tablespoon butter (I used 1/2 Tablespoon)
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 baked 9-inch pastry shell or homemade graham cracker crust
homemade sweetened whipped cream
chocolate curls or shavingsRecipe
Combine 1st 3 ingredients in a heavy saucepan; stir well. Combine egg yolks and milk; gradually stir into sugar mixture. Add melted chocolate.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil 3 minutes, stirring constantly (reduce heat slightly if necessary).
Remove from heat; stir in butter and vanilla.
Immediately pour filling into pastry shell. Cover filling with plastic wrap; applying it directly to the surface of the filling. Cool 30 minutes; then chill until firm.
Spread with freshly whipped sweetened cream and top with chocolate curls (I just ran a vegetable peeler over the side of a Hershey's bar).
VARIATIONS:
Coconut Cream Pie: Omit chocolate; reduce sugar to 3/4 cup; stir 3/4 cup coconut in with the butter and vanilla; top with whipped cream and 1/3 cup toasted coconut before serving.
Banana Cream Pie: Omit chocolate; reduce sugar to 3/4 cup; place 3 sliced ripe bananas in bottom of pastry before adding filling; top with whipped cream before serving.
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