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Chocolate cream pie.

posted 4 months ago by strntz (10942)
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I have been making chocolate cream pie for years using a typical recipe, and have always used Giardelli semi sweet morsels for the chocolate.

At Christmas, my niece brought a chocolate cream pie from the recipe I use and it was better. Turns out she uses plain old Nestle Toll House semi sweet morsels instead of a better brand. The chocolate taste seemed "deeper".

So now I'm wondering if I shouldn't adapt my recipe and go for the kill using cocoa powder as the chocolate.

Anyone experiment with different chocolates for pie?

[–] Kowalski (60220) 4 months ago

NOPE...NEVER MADE A PIE...I REALLY WANT YOU TO MAKE ME ONE NOW THOUGH.🫤

[–] strntz (10942) 4 months ago

Chocolate cream is generally easy, but you have to "temper" the egg mixture by adding the hot milk/sugar mixture little by little to the egg mixture so as not to "cook" the eggs. Also, you have to cook the mixture long enough for the cornstarch to react to the proteins but not too long that the proteins get ruined.

Once you get the hang of it, it's 15 minutes to make plus the 4 hours in the fridge to set.

*SO* much better than making it from Jello chocolate pudding which is certainly easier. If you do make it from a boxed pudding, reduce the milk by 20% from the package directions to make sure the pie has some stability.