French Silk Pie
Easy, creamy, dreamy, chocolate deliciousness is all yours in this recipe for French Silk Pie! This quick dessert is perfect for the holidays.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 10 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pie crust for a 9 inch pie, cooked and cooled (to ensure no puffing in the center, either pierce it a few times with a fork or use pie weights
- 4 ounces of your favorite chocolate, ground in a food processor
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup white sugar
- 6 ounces soft butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 eggs (preferably organic or pasteurized)
Instructions
- Melt chocolate by placing it in a bowl and setting that bowl over another bowl filled with boiling water. Leave it for 3-5 minutes, take the chocolate bowl off of the other one, and stir vigorously until the chocolate is smooth. Set aside.
- Whip the cream until if forms stiff peaks of whipped cream. Set aside.
- Cream the butter and sugar with a mixer for 2 minutes or until fluffy. Add vanilla and whip for another minute.
- Add chocolate and mix at medium speed until well combined.
- Add eggs and whip on medium speed for 5 minutes.
- Gently fold the whipped cream into the chocolate mixture until completely combined, Spoon into cooked pie crust and make pretty swirly designs on the top.
- Refrigerate for 3 hours – you can even refrigerate it overnight!
- Serve as is, or garnished with more whipped cream and/or chocolate shavings. Refrigerate any leftovers. (As if there will be leftovers!)
Find it online: https://www.framedcooks.com/french-silk-pie/