French Silk Chocolate Pie

Name: French Silk Chocolate Pie
Cuisine: French, European, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1 cup heavy cream, chilled; 3 large eggs; 3/4 cup sugar; 2 tbsp water; 8 oz bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled; 1 tbsp vanilla extract; 1 stick butter, cut into pieces and softened; 1 pie shell, baked and cooled

3 steps

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:00:09 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories550.7 kcal (28%)

Total Fat40.6 g (58%)

Carbs45.5 g (18%)

Sugars32.4 g (36%)

Protein6.4 g (13%)

Sodium118.2 mg (6%)

Fiber1.9 g (7%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

8 servings

¾ cupsugar

2 Tbspwater

8 ozbittersweet chocolate

melted and cooled

1 Tbspvanilla extract

1 stickbutter

cut into pieces and softened

1pie shell

baked and cooled

Instructions

Step 1

Whip cream: with electric mixer on medium-high speed, whip cream to stiff peaks, 2-3 minutes. Refrigerate.

Step 2

Beat eggs: combine eggs, sugar, and water in large heatproof bowl set over double boiler on medium heat. With electric mixer on medium speed, beat eggs until mixture is thickened and candy thermometer reads 160°, 7-10 minutes, then remove from heat and continue beating until fluffy and cools to room temperature, about 8 minutes.

Step 3

Beat, fold, cool: add chocolate and vanilla to cooled egg mixture and beat until incorporated. Beat in butter, a few pieces at a time until melted in. Using spatula, fold in whipped cream until there are no streaks. Scrape into pie shell and refrigerate until set.