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Mud-Luscious Chocolate Pie




Source of Recipe


Adapted from California Home Cooking by Michele Anna Jordan (Harvard Common Press, 1997).


List of Ingredients




Pie Dough
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon sugar or Succanat
1/2 cup unsalted butter, chilled, cut into pieces

Filling
1/2 cup unsalted butter, chilled, cut into pieces
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar or Succanat
1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract



Recipe



1. Make the pie dough: Sift the flour into a large bowl. Make a well in the center, and add the egg yolk and sugar. Using your fingers, mix the ingredients together. Quickly work the butter into the flour mixture. Press into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill for 1 hour.

2. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and roll out to fit a 9-inch pie dish. Transfer to pie dish, trim the edges, and refrigerate for at least an hour.

3. Preheat the oven to 325F. Make the filling:
Melt the butter and chocolate in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. When both are melted, stir them together. Set aside to cool just slightly.

4. Beat the eggs in a medium bowl until they are thick and pale yellow, mix in the sugar and vanilla, and add the chocolate mixture. Pour the filling into the pie crust.

5. Bake the pie for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool to room temperature before serving.

Makes one 9-inch pie to serve 4 to 6.