Sunday, July 20, 2008

Triple Chocolate French Silk Pie

1/2 cup/125 mL butter
3 oz/85 g unsweetened baking chocolate
3 eggs
1 cup/250 mL granulated sugar
2 tbsp/30 mL cornstarch
2 tbsp/30 mL Watkins Pure Cocoa
1 tsp/5 mL Watkins Original Double Strength Vanilla
1 tsp/5 mL Watkins Chocolate Extract
1 cup/250 mL heavy whipping cream
1 baked pie crust

Melt butter and chocolate over low heat. Combine
cornstarch, cocoa, and sugar and then stir into
chocolate mixture.
Beat eggs with a mixer until frothy, about 2 minutes.
Stir eggs into chocolate mixture and cook over medium
heat for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in
Vanilla and Chocolate Extracts. Let cool 15 minutes.
Beat whipping cream in chilled bowl until stiff.
Carefully stir chocolate mixture into whipped cream
and spread in cooled pie shell. Cover and freeze at
least 3 hours or until firm. Garnish with chocolate
shavings before serving. Makes 12 servings.


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