Chocolate Pie

For a chocaholic workmate’s farewell morning tea I wanted to make something rich, chocolaty and memorable, so I searched for recipes for Chocolate Pie. I found a simple recipe at

http://www.instructables.com/id/Chocolate-Pie/ , but I tinkered with it slightly (as I usually do).  

It was my kind of recipe as it was very easy to make (especially with the pre-made pastry shell), only a few ingredients, no difficult techniques and with a satisfying, fantastic result that was gobbled up.

 Easy Chocolate Pie

Pastry

• Store bought sweet shortcrust pastry shell OR you could use a biscuit base OR a sweet shortcrust pastry recipe of your choice

Filling

• 170g dark chocolate (70% Cocoa)
• ½ cup butter
• 3 eggs
• Pinch salt
• ½ cup caster sugar

Topping

• Chocolate shavings AND/OR whipped cream OR powdered chocolate

Method:

• Pre-heat oven to 170° C
• Pre-bake pastry shell for 10 minutes on 170° C
• In double boiler over simmering water melt chocolate and butter and stir to combine
• In separate bowl whisk together eggs and sugar until well mixed and sugar is dissolved – approximately 2 minutes.
• Slowly add chocolate mixture to eggs and stir to combine and pour into pastry shell
• Bake pie for 25 minutes at 170°C or until set
• Allow to cool in pie dish then decorate

Voilá