Pie Recipes

French Silk Pie

Through the years, one major change has been made to this famous French Silk Pie recipe; the pie now has a cooked filling to guard against possible food poisoning associated with raw eggs. Yet, the silky richness of the original recipe still remains.

French Silk Pie recipe

Ingredients

  • 6 large eggs
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 4 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter (room temperature)
  • Freshly grated orange peel
  • 1 Graham cracker crust or basic (9 inch) pie crust, baked and cooled

Instructions

  1. Mix sugar and cream of tartar in medium heavy saucepan.
  2. Add eggs and water; beat until well blended.
  3. Add chocolate; cook over low heat, tirring constantly, until chocolate is melted and temperature reaches 160 degrees F. Do not allow to boil. Remove from heat immediately.
  4. Cool quickly. Set pan in a larger pan of ice water. Stir vigorously until temperature of mixture falls to 80 to 90 degrees F. Remove pan from ice water. Stir in vanilla extract.
  5. Beat butter in mixer bowl on medium speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes.
  6. Add cooled egg mixture; beat on high speed for 4 to 5 minutes.
  7. Pour into pie shell. Refrigerate, loosely covered, for at least 6 hours before serving.

Notes

Promptly refrigerate any leftover pie.

Nutrition

This recipe is a good source of protein, vitamin A and folate, and an excellent source of choline.

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: American Egg Board



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