Chocolate Cream Pie

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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.