Chocolate Cream Pie

By avery

Ingredients

• chocolate crust
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup corn starch
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 4 egg yolks
• 3 cups whole milk
• 5 oz bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), melted
• 2 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted
• 2 TBS unsalted butter
• 1 tsp vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

Turn oven on to 350 degrees.

Whisk together sugar, cornstarch, salt and yolks in a pot until combined well, then add milk in a stream, whisking. Bring to boil over moderate heat, whisking, then reduce heat to simmer. Whisk 1 minute as filling thickens.

Push filling through seive into a bowl, then whisk in chocolates, butter and vanila. Cover surface with buttered round of wax paper and cool for at least 2 hours.

Spoon into crust and chill, loosely covered, at least 6 hours.