Brownie Pie
- 3/4 recipe Graham Crust (page 112) 255 g (1 1/2 cups)
- 125 g 72% chocolate (4 1/2 ounces)
- 85 g butter (6 tablespoons)
- 2 eggs
- 150 g sugar (3/4 cup)
- 40 g flour (1/4 cup)
- 25 g cocoa powder, preferably Valrhona (3 tablespoons)
- 2 g kosher salt (1/2 teaspoon)
- 110 g heavy cream (1/2 cup)
- Heat the oven to 350F.
- Dump 210 g (1 1/4 cups) graham crust into a 10-inch pie tin and set the remaining 45 g (1/4 cup) to the side.
- With your fingers and the palms of your hands, press the crust firmly into the pie tin, covering the bottom and sides of the pan completely.
- Wrapped in plastic, the crust can be refrigerated or frozen for up to 2 weeks.
- Combine the chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe bowl and gently melt them together on low for 30 to 50 seconds.
- Use a heatproof spatula to stir them together, working until the mixture is glossy and smooth.
- Combine the eggs and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and whip together on high for 3 to 4 minutes, until the mixture is fluffy and pale yellow and has reached the ribbon state.
- (Detach your whisk, dunk it into the whipped eggs, and wave it back and forth like a pendulum: the mixture should form a thickened, silky ribbon that falls and then disappears into the batter.)
- If the mixture does not form ribbons, continue whipping on high as needed.
- Replace the whisk with the paddle attachment.
- Dump the chocolate mixture into the eggs and briefly mix together on low, then increase the speed to medium and paddle the mixture for 1 minute, or until it is brown and completely homogenous.
- If there are any dark streaks of chocolate, paddle for a few seconds longer, or as needed.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Add the flour, cocoa powder, and salt and paddle on low speed for 45 to 60 seconds.
- There should be no clumps of dry ingredients.
- If there are any lumps, mix for an additional 30 seconds.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Stream in the heavy cream on low speed, mixing for 30 to 45 seconds, just until the batter has loosened up a little and the white streaks of cream are fully mixed in.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Detach the paddle and remove the bowl from the mixer.
- Gently fold in the 45 g (1/4 cup) graham crust with a spatula.
- (These crumbs will add little bursts of flavor and texture into the pie filling.)
- Grab a sheet pan and put your pie tin of graham crust on it.
- With a spatula, scrape the brownie batter into the graham shell.
- Bake for 25 minutes.
- The pie should puff slightly on the sides and develop a sugary crust on top.
- If the brownie pie is still liquid in the center and has not formed a crust, bake it for an additional 5 minutes or so.
- Cool the pie on a rack.
- (You can speed up the cooling process by carefully transferring the pie to the fridge or freezer directly out of the oven if youre in a hurry.)
- Wrapped in plastic, the pie will keep fresh in the fridge for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to 2 weeks.
- You can decorate the pie with a sprinkling of confectioners sugar.
- To plate this pie with a VIP look, use a spoon or an offset spatula to smear a little Fudge Sauce (page 136) in a circle toward the center of the pie and garnish a small outer circle with Chocolate Crumbs (page 77).
- Warm the graham crust slightly in the microwave to make it easy to mold.
graham crust, chocolate, butter, eggs, sugar, flour, cocoa powder, kosher salt, heavy cream
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/brownie-pie-382352 (may not work)