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French Silk Pie
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter (*not* margarine)
3 squares (3 ounces) unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
3 eggs
1 9-inch baked pastry shell
Unsweetened whipped cream (optional)
chocolate curls (optional)
In a small mixer bowl, cream sugar and butter about 4 minutes until
fluffy. Stir in cooled chocolate and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a
time, beating on medium speed of electric mixer after each addition
and scraping sides of bowl constantly. Turn into baked pastry shell.
Chill several hours or overnight till set. Garnish with whipped cream
and chocolate curls, if desired. Cover and chill.
Notes: I've never made this but I have heard that you must use butter.
Also, I've been told it helps if the ingredients are chilled (like
the butter, the bowl, beaters, etc).
French Silk Pie
(I know it's not credited here, but this is Janet Morrissey's recipe)
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
2 oz. unsweetened chocolate, melted
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
1 9-inch chocolate crumb crust
In small bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add
melted chocolate and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Add 1 egg and beat 5
minutes. Add remaining egg and beat 5 more minutes. Pour mixture into
crust (crust must be cool) and chill until set, about 3 hours. Spread with
whipped cream if desired.
Note: I wouldn't attempt this without a good stand mixer. The "silk" in the
name refers to the texture, provided the filling is beaten until the sugar is
*completely* dissolved. It takes a long time to cream the butter and sugar
properly, and 5 minutes after each egg is a minimum.
We use a straight-sided 9 " cake pan and usually make at least 1-1/2 recipes
of filling. In doing this the mixer is running almost continually for 30-40
minutes. I'm not sure it's possible to overbeat it, but I know that if it's not
beaten long enough, it's grainy.
For the crust, proceed as for a graham cracker crust, but use Nabisco chocolate
wafers (don t remember the name); they re thin and crisp.