This french silk pie recipe is a chocolate mousse filling in a baked crust, light because the butter is beaten. It is not chocolate pudding or a baked chocolate chess pie.
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French Silk Pie
- Total Time: 4 hours
- Yield: 8 slices 1x
Description
French Silk Pie. From Alissa.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 baked pie crust
- 1 cup (226g) butter, soft
- 1 1/2 cups (300g) sugar
- 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 4 pasteurized eggs
- whipped cream, to finish
Instructions
- Beat butter and sugar until pale, about 3 minutes.
- Beat in chocolate and vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, beating 2 minutes after each.
- Spread in the crust and chill at least 4 hours. Top with cream.
Notes
Use pasteurized eggs. The filling is not cooked.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-cook filling
- Cuisine: American
Eggs
Pasteurized, in the shell or a carton.
Chocolate
Unsweetened. Semisweet makes it cloying.
Beat
The long beat is what makes silk, not a dense fudge.
Crust
Cookie crumb or pastry, fully cool.
Nutrition (estimated)
About 320 calories per serving. Estimate only, not a lab test.
FAQ
Raw eggs
Pasteurized only.
Fridge
Up to 3 days.
Freezer
The silk weeps when it thaws.
Coffee
A teaspoon in the chocolate is optional.