French Silk Pie

By

Renee

Pie crust you could use butter flavored Crisco. You can freeze this dough wrap it in wax paper then place in ziploc freezer bas. Defrost the dough in the bag either in refrigerater or at room temp.

Filling: Heavy cream will whip better if bowl and beaters are chilled.
I placed in microwave the bowl with egg mixture I could not get it up to 170 degrees. Put in Microwave for 30 seconds. You could use margerine instead of butter. to incorporate the cream spatula didn't work well used wire whisk.

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Ingredients

  • 1 9 inch pie shell baked and cooled
  • PIE CRUST
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cups shortening
  • 1 egg
  • 6 tbsp water
  • 2 tsp white vinegar
  • Combined dry ingredients, cut in shortening,beat eggs with water 1 tbsp at a time. Chill for 1 hour roll out on floured board. For baked pie shell preheat oven to 450 prick bottom and sides of shell bake 15 minutes cool completely.
  • FILLING
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 8 oz bittersweet chocolate melted and cooled
  • 1 tbsp vanilla
  • 8 tbsp unsalted butter 1 stick sectioned in 1 tbsp and softened.

Preparation

Step 1

Whip cream with mixer till stiff peak forms about 2-3 minutes. Transfer to small bowl and chill

Beat eggs, sugar and water in large heatproof bowl set over medium sauce pan filled with 1/2 inch barely simmering water. Don't let bowl touch water. Double boiler would work With had mixer beat egg mixture until thickened (on high) till registers 160 or 7-10 minutes. Remove bowl from heat and continue to beat egg mixture until fluffy and cooled to room temperature about 8 minutes.

Beat Fold Cool: add chocolate and vanillat to cooled egg mixture and beat until incorporated. Beat in butter a few pieces at a time until well combined. Using spatula fold in whipped cream until no streaks of white remain. Scrape filling into pie shell and refrigerate until set at least 3 hours.

Serve with lighly sweetened whipped cream 1 cup cream, 1/4 tsp vanilla, 2 tbsp confectioners sugar.

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