I’m certain there’s a way to cut a perfect slice of pie… and I’m just as certain that I have no idea what it is. Honestly. I can’t seem to get a picture perfect slice of pie to save my life. But I know there must be a way because I see pictures of pie slices that look, well, perfect. Sadly mine do not. But we’ll just have to live with my “rustic” looking slice :) As previously posted, I made three of my absolute best pies this Thanksgiving. One was a coconut custard pie and one was this truly incredible french silk chocolate pie. It’s rich, full of flavor, can be dressed up elegantly for a holiday table or dressed down for a barbecue. Best of all, it’s easy and soooooo good!
I think I’ve mentioned a time or ten that I’m not a big fan of chocolate ;-) I made other desserts for Thanksgiving but I wanted something special that I knew DH and the kids would rave over… and what else could I choose besides something chocolate. I remember one time many years ago DH and I were out on a date and I found out his favorite pie is French Silk Chocolate. I considered it odd that a grown man would love what I thought was “chocolate pudding pie” but years later, I now know I was totally wrong and that French Silk Chocolate is not at all the same at chocolate pudding! LOL. It’s lighter than pudding… but not light as mousse.
If you decide to make this pie (and I most surely hope you do!) my one piece of advice would be the following… when you think you’ve mixed it enough…. you haven’t, keep mixing! This goes for creaming the butter and sugar… and it goes for adding the eggs. Because I wanted the creamiest, lightest mouthfeel possible, I used caster sugar since it’s so very fine and blends pretty easily. Even so, I decided to mix, mix, mix a long time. But the end result was certainly worth it :) This pie was indeed something special… DH loved it… the kids loved it and even a non-chocoholic like me, well I loved it too.
If you’d like the recipe, click here. I added a layer of freshly whipped cream (sweetened with a touch of vanilla sugar) and some freshly grated chocolate over the whole pie. I’m so glad I made it – being that it’s DH’s favorite I have a sneaky feeling he’ll ask me to make it again. Today is our wedding anniversary… maybe I shoulda saved this pie for tonight? Naaaaaah, never postpone dessert ;-)
Have a delicious day!
