A perfect Christmas recipe, this dark chocolate pie is extra creamy. Prepare it the day before for optimal results, and to save you time on New Year’s Eve!
Preparation: 30 minutes
Cooking: 30 minutes
Rest: from a few hours to one night
Difficulty: Easy / Medium
For the crust (makes two crusts)
Ingredients:
- 260 g of New All-Purpose Mix
- 125 g butter
- 125 g sugar
- 1 egg
Preparation:
- In a large bowl, whisk the sugar and egg to whiten the mixture
- Add the flour and mix with a fork to obtain “sand”
- Cut the butter into small cubes one 1-centimeter side, soften it in the microwave (it must not be melted!)
- Using a pastry cutter (or a large solid fork if you do not have one), incorporate the softened butter into the preparation
- Once the butter is in, form a sphere with your hands
- Refrigerate one hour
- Cut the dough sphere in half, you can keep the second half in the refrigerator for a few days
- Roll out the dough (the easiest is between two sheets of parchment paper) and put it in a pie mold
- Remove the top sheet and prick the dough with a fork
- Put the second sheet of parchment paper on top and put a cake pan on top to prevent the dough from rising (you can use other means if you prefer)
- Bake at 355 degrees F. for fifteen minutes
For the filling:
Ingredients:
- 200 grams of dark chocolate (no more than 70% cocoa, this may affect the consistency)
- 20 cl of cooking cream 35% fat
- 8 cl of milk
- 1 egg
Preparation:
- Heat the cream and milk in a saucepan
- Break the chocolate into squares and put it in a large bowl
- Pour the cream-milk mixture over the chocolate to melt it, whisk well until a homogeneous mixture is obtained
- Let cool for a few minutes before adding the egg and beating the preparation to avoid clotting
- Pour the preparation into the precooked crust
- Bake at 355 degrees F. for fifteen minutes
- Let cool for a few minutes, unmold (easy with the sheet of parchment paper) put on a plate and refrigerate for at least a few hours so that the filling sets well! (one night for optimal results)
- You can decorate with cocoa powder, icing sugar or sugar decorations before tasting.