"French silk pie with coffee and vanilla bean infused whipped cream topping."
French silk pie
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Prep time: 25mins
Cook time: 4hrs
Serves or Makes: 1
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ingredients
Filling
- 8 ounces semi sweet chocolate
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) cold butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 cold eggs
Method
filling
Step 1
Melt chocolate in microwave, 20 second intervals until stirs well. Allow to cool.
Step 2
Whisk together butter and sugar with hand mixer until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, whisking each until well combined. (15-20 minutes total) Add vanilla extract & continue whisking.
Step 3
In a separate chilled bowl, whisk heavy whipping cream with hand mixer on high until peaks form, and do not fall. Fold in cooled (melted) chocolate.
Step 4
Combine butter/sugar mixture with chocolate/whipped cream mixture. Fold until well combined. Use hand mixer on low if needed.
Step 5
Pour into already baked (or chilled) pie shell of your choice.
Step 6
Refrigerate for at least four hours. Top with whipped cream in the last hour.
ingredients
Coffee vanilla bean infused whipped cream topping
- 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup whole coffee beans
- 1 vanilla bean
- 2 tablespoon powdered sugar
whipped cream topping
Step 1
Measure heavy whipping cream.
Step 2
In a plastic bag, gently crush coffee beans. Add to heavy whipping cream.
Step 3
Refrigerate for 2 hours.
Step 4
Strain heavy whipping cream into chilled bowl (to remove coffee beans)
Step 5
Slice vanilla bean to remove seeds. Add to whipping cream.
Step 6
Add powdered sugar, whisk using hand mixer on high until stiff peaks form. Top your pie in the last hour of chilling, or use this on any other recipe you'd like! (great as a coffee topper!)