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About once a year I indulge myself with chocolate cream pie, using someone’s potluck as an excuse to make one. This is a very rich dessert, especially when mounded with loads of whipped cream, the only way to eat it as far as I am concerned.<\/p>\n

Over the years I discovered instead of using unsweetened Baker’s chocolate it was much yummier to use double the amount of my favorite semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate. Because of this the filling became truly lush and decadent.<\/p>\n

When you select the chocolate to use in this recipe, I suggest you bypass the baking section of your local grocer and go directly to the candy section. Select pure dark chocolate bars which can vary from 85% dark to a semisweet of 62%. You will need about four to five ounces of chocolate for this recipe. You can even add more if you want a very dark chocolate filling. Just select chocolate that you enjoy eating. Each brand varies in taste depending upon how it is processed.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

One baked pie crust<\/p>\n

4 large egg yolks<\/p>\n

1 cup sugar<\/p>\n

½ teaspoon salt<\/p>\n

¼ cup cornstarch<\/p>\n

3 cups of whole milk<\/p>\n

2 teaspoons vanilla<\/p>\n

4 to 6 oz of bittersweet or semisweet chocolate cut up<\/p>\n

Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mix egg yolks to blend in a medium bowl.<\/p>\n

In a 2- or 3-quart saucepan or saucier, blend flour, cornstarch, salt and sugar. With a sturdy wire whisk, slowly stir in milk.<\/p>\n

Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture boils. Boil and stir for one full minute.<\/p>\n

Add chocolate and stir until blended.<\/p>\n

Pour about a cup of the hot custard mixture into the egg yolks, stirring constantly so that it does not curdle. Pour blended mixture back into pan.<\/p>\n

Bring chocolate custard mixture back to a boil then stir constantly for one minute.<\/p>\n

Add vanilla and stir to blend.<\/p>\n

Pour chocolate custard into the baked pie shell.<\/p>\n

Cover the pie filling with plastic wrap. Cool for several hours or overnight.<\/p>\n

When ready to serve:<\/p>\n

Whip 1¼ cup of heavy cream with ½ cup powdered sugar and 1 tsp. vanilla until soft peaks form.<\/p>\n

Spoon whipped cream onto chocolate pie.<\/p>\n

This serves about eight people. Keep leftovers chilled in the refrigerator.<\/p>\n

Note: If the chocolate custard filling sounds great but you don’t want to make a pie, spoon the custard into dessert bowls, cover with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator.<\/p>\n

• Patty Schied is a longtime Juneau resident who studied at the Cordon Bleu in London, has cooked meals for both AWARE and the Glory Hall, and has written a cookbook. Cooking For Pleasure appears every other week in Capital City Weekly.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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