French Silk Pie
French Silk Pie is a creamy and rich pie with only a handful of ingredients!
Servings 8 slices
Calories 651kcal
Equipment
- 1 9 in pie pan
- 1 medium sauce pan
- 1 whisk
Ingredients
- 12 oz chocolate chips semi sweet
- 1 cup whipping cream
- ⅓ cup butter not margarine
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 2 eggs yolks
- 4 tablespoons whipped cream
For The Crust
- 1 ½ cup all purpose flour
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup oil
- 2 Tablespoons milk can use almond milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Combine flour, sugar, salt, oil, milk (the crust ingredients) into a medium bowl and stir.
- Spread up the bottom and sides of an ungreased 9 inch pie pan.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until crust is starting to to light brown.
- While the crust is baking, melt cream, chocolate chips, butter and sugar in a medium sauce pan, stirring often.
- After chocolate is melted and sugar is incorporated in, stir in the egg yolks, mixing constantly.
- Cook until mixture is thick, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat and let cool.
- Stir in whipped cream.
- Pour into crust.
- Chill for at least 3 hours. The pie will be firm.
- Cover with whipped cream and chocolate shavings (the shavings are optional), slice and serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 651kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 44g | Saturated Fat: 20g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 14g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 111mg | Sodium: 175mg | Potassium: 70mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 38g | Vitamin A: 857IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 88mg | Iron: 2mg
