Chocolate Whipped Cream Pie

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 eggs
• 10 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 1/4 cup butter, cut into tablespoons
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 9-inch baked pie crust

Recipe

• 1 heat milk to boiling in large heavy saucepan.
• 2 stir together sugar and cornstarch in a mixing bowl; beat in eggs until smooth.
• 3 very slowly stir in half the boiling milk, stirring constantly; return to saucepan.
• 4 heat to boiling, stirring constantly; boil 1 minute; remove from heat.
• 5 stir chocolate pieces and butter into custard until melted; gradually stir in 1 cup of the cream.
• 6 pour chocolate filling into baked pie shell; lay a sheet of wax paper loosely over filling; cool; refrigerate overnight.
• 7 remove wax paper from pie.
• 8 whip remaining 1 cup cream in small bowl until stiff; spread over pie.