Extremely Rich French Silk Pie

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups graham crackers
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup melted unsalted butter
• 1 cup unsalted butter (chilled)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 ounce unsweetened chocolate
• 6 tablespoons hershey chocolate syrup

Recipe

• 1 crust:.
• 2 make crumbs out of the graham crackers (about 12- 15 crackers) by covering them with plastic wrap and rolling over them with a rolling pin until you have fine crumbs.
• 3 mix crackers, sugar, and butter in a mixing bowl with a mixer on low speed, hands or a fork, until you have a constancy of course meal.
• 4 press into a 9-inch pie pan.
• 5 bake at 375°f for 8- 10 minutes.
• 6 filling:.
• 7 with an electric mixer cream the butter and sugar until you get a light airy texture.
• 8 (you will get best results if you use paddle attachments on the mixer. regular beaters are fine but if you use this, stop occasionally and clean out the butter/sugar mixture with a rubber spatula as the blades can become clogged.) do not over cream the butter.
• 9 if the butter starts to break down and separate, rechill for 5- 15 minutes.
• 10 add the cooled chocolate and measured vanilla.
• 11 one at a time add eggs.
• 12 with your electric mixer beat a minimum of 5 minutes for each egg before adding the next and after the last egg the mixture should be very smooth.
• 13 move the mixture into the graham cracker pie crust.
• 14 topping:.
• 15 whip cream until it starts to stiffen.
• 16 add the vanilla and sugar and beat until peaks form and hold.
• 17 top the pie with the whipped cream.
• 18 drizzle the chocolate syrup on top of the pie in a random pattern.
• 19 grate the unsweetened chocolate on top of the pie.
• 20 finishing:.
• 21 chill the pie for 3- 24 hours.
• 22 the toppings can be added after chilling if preferred (chill time is listed as cook time).