Chocolate Cream Pie

Name: Chocolate Cream Pie
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Ingredients: 1/3 cup (2 1/3 ounces), sugar; 1/4 cup (1 ounce), cornstarch; 2 tablespoons, unsweetened cocoa powder; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 3 cups whole or 2 percent low-fat, milk; 6 ounces, bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine; 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 3 pieces; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1 recipe, recipe fully baked; 1 cup, heavy cream; 1 tablespoon, confectioners' sugar

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2018

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

Dessert Pies

SERVES8 to 10

TIME30 minutes, plus 1 hour cooling and 2½ hours chilling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

There’s no better match for our tender, flaky pie crust than a chocolate cream filling. For a deeply chocolaty mixture that is not too heavy, we make a milk-based cocoa pudding and then whisk in bittersweet chocolate, along with vanilla for...

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