Mexican Chocolate Cream Pie ? Food Safari

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Dark chocolate and chilli. Love those two together. Thanks to the Aztecs who first served chocolate as a drink and added chilli to make it a special beverage. So, what about a chocolate cream pie with a hint of chilli and espresso? Now that is absolutely one special dessert pie!

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• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons egg white
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• Cooking spray

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• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon instant espresso powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 1 large egg
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1 3/4 cups 2% reduced-fat milk
• 60 grams dark chocolate, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups whipped cream

Method

1. ??Preheat oven to 190?C.

2. To prepare the crust, reserve 1 tablespoon crumbs for topping. Combine the remaining crumbs, 2 tablespoons sugar, cinnamon, and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a bowl, stirring well. Stir in egg white and butter. Press crumb mixture into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray. Bake at 190?C ?for 9 minutes or until lightly toasted; cool completely on a wire rack.
3. To prepare filling, combine 1/2 cup sugar and the next 7 ingredients (through egg yolk) in a bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Place the milk in a medium, heavy saucepan over medium-high heat; cook until tiny bubbles form around edge (do not boil). Gradually add hot milk to egg mixture, stirring constantly with a whisk. Return milk mixture to pan; cook over medium heat 10 minutes or until thick and bubbly, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add chocolate; stir until smooth.4. Place pan in a large ice-filled bowl for 10 minutes or until mixture cools, stirring occasionally. Spoon filling into crust, and cover surface of filling with plastic wrap. 5. ? Chill for 3 hours or until set; remove plastic wrap. Spread the whipped topping over filling; sprinkle with reserved cracker crumbs.We absolutely loved this chocolate cream pie! If you are not a big fan of chilli, you can omit it of course but really, try this with the chilli ? scrumptious!Recipe from myrecipes.com

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15 Aug This entry was published on August 15, 2012 at 9:28 pm. It?s filed under bakeware, baking, cooking, desserts, family bonding, food, Quick Desserts, Quick Meals, recipes, Sweet treats and tagged Bake, Chocolate, Cook, Cream pie, Egg yolk, Milk, Tablespoon, Teaspoon. Bookmark the permalink.

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