French Silk Pie (the easy way!)
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This easy French Silk Pie is made with a fluffy, rich chocolate filling and easy homemade pie crust, topped with sweetened whipped cream and chocolate shavings. Easier than most, and no raw eggs!
Ingredients
Crust
Filling
Instructions
To make the crust, stir together chocolate crumbs and butter. Press into a 9" pie plate and up the sides. Set aside.
In a large saucepan, whisk together sugar, eggs, cocoa and 1 cup cream until smooth.
Place saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly, and cook until thickened (you will know when it's thick!).
Strain through a fine mesh sieve into a large bowl and stir in chocolate, butter and vanilla until smooth.
Set aside or refrigerate until cooled to room temperature — 1-2 hours on the counter or 30-40 minutes in the refrigerator — stirring occasionally.
Whip chocolate mixture on high speed until slightly lightened in color — about 5 minutes.
Whip remaining 1 cup cream until stiff peaks form, and gently fold into chocolate mixture in two batches.
Spread into prepared pie crust and refrigerate 6 hours or overnight, until set. Garnish with additional sweetened whipped cream before serving if desired.
Notes
- This pie is super rich and chocolatey, but still pretty light! If you would like to make it less rich, you have a few options: Add an extra ½ cup cream when whipping (for a total of 1.5 cups) Reduce the added chocolate to 100-150 grams Reduce the granulated sugar to 1 ¼ cup. I don’t recommend doing all of these things as they will affect the outcome of the pie. The more you change, the less predictable the outcome will be.
