Vanilla and Chocolate Cream Pie with a Chocolate Lined Pastry Crust
- 1 cooked and cooled 9 inche pie pastry shell
- 6 oz semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1 FOR VANILLA CREAM FILLING
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 1/2 cup whole milk
- 5 large egg yolks, beaten well
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter, cut into cubes
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 FOR CHOCOLATE CREAM FILLING
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 1/2 cup whole milk
- 5 large egg yolks, beaten
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter, cut into cubes
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 oz finely chopped unsweetened chocolate
- 1 FOR WHIPPED CREAM TOPPING
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 tbsp confectioners sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 FOR GARNISH
- 1/4 cup or more chocolate shavings
- LINE PIE CRUST WITH CHOCOLATE
- Melt chocolate chips in a microwave bowl just untl spreadable about 60 seconds, depending on your microwave wattage.
- With a pastry brush paint entire crust with thi layer of chocolate, chill to harden.
- MAKE VANILLA CREAM
- Whisk in a medium saucepan the sugar, cornstarch and salt, slowly whisk in milk until smooth, bring to a warm simmer, remove from heat and scrape sides and bottom with a rubber spatula.
- Add egg yolks and whisking at all times return to heat, bring to a simmer, cook 1 minute remove from heat and whisk in butter and vanilla, stir until butter melts, cool to room temperature stirring to prevent a crust or allowing to set,pour into chocolate lined crust, cover top of vanilla cream with plastic wrap and chill.
- MAKE CHOCOLATE CREAM FILLING
- Combine sugar, cornstarch and salt in medium saucepan, slowly whisk in milk until smooth.
- Heat over medium heat just to a simmer, remove fron heat and scrape all sides, whisk in yolks whisking at all time, return to heat when it just starts to simmer cook 1 minute, remove from heat, whisk in butter, vanilla and chopped chocolate, stir until choclate melts.Cool in bowl, stirring to prevent a crust from forming or becoming set, just until room temperature.
- Remove plastic wrap from vanilla layer of pie and pour and carefully cover chilled vanilla cream.
- Chill 8 hours or best overnight.
- Top with whipped cream before serving
- For whipped cream topping
- In a chilled bowl whip cold cream until soft peaks, add confectoners sugar and vanilla, beat until stiff.
- Spread over chocolate cream layer of pie.
- Garnish with chocolate shavings.
- Keep chilled.
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Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/352664-vanilla-and-chocolate-cream-pie-with-a-chocolate-lined-pastry-crust (may not work)