Thursday 7 September 2017

American MidWest Chocolate Cream Pie


My parents came to stay over the bank holiday weekend which was perfect timing for my husband and I to share our news in person. We had my husband's parents over for lunch and told them all at the same time; for that reason I didn't want to be cooking anything where I would have to spend a lot of time in the kitchen!

I made enchiladas for lunch which I was able to prepare that morning then just put in the oven, and my mum and I made dessert the night before.

My husband loves all things chocolate, and doesn't particularly like many other kinds of dessert, so I simply googled chocolate desserts, and came across a website of Mid-West American desserts. My mother in law is a frequent visitor to the US and loves the South, so I thought she might enjoy a dessert from the Mid-West - particularly this one!

It's a chocolate cream pie with a chocolate crust, a custardy chocolate filling and cream on top. The recipe is here on MidWestLiving.com.


I would say this was easy to make but really I have to say it looked easy to make, as my mum did most of it! She made the crust, rolled it out and put it in the tin; you part bake it lined with foil, then remove the foil and finish baking.


The filling takes a bit more effort - you have to be careful not to boil the milk, whisk together the other ingredients and mix it with some of the milk then the rest of the milk. You need to have your chocolate and butter ready to pour the hot mixture over the top and then time it while you stir.

 
After that it's pretty simple -pour the filling into the pie crust and refrigerate overnight. To serve, top with whipped cream and a sprinkle of chocolate - I was going to grate some chocolate but forgot in all the excitement of our baby news and ended up serving this as it was!



 
I'm sharing this with the We Should Cocoa chocolate baking blog challenge hosted by Choclette at Tin and Thyme and with CookBlogShare hosted by Everyday Healthy Recipes.




5 comments:

  1. It was rather good ,wasn't it ? even if I say so myself (considering I made most of it)

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  2. Congratulations Caroline! A great pie to accompany your news!

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  3. Woohoo, congratulations Caroline, that's great news - possibly even better than your chocolate cream pie :D

    So sorry about all the messing about with #WeShouldCocoa this month. I'm in the middle of moving and everything else has had to take a back seat. Not sure why you couldn't link up, but I've done it for you. Thanks for persisting.

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  4. Congratulations on having a baby, 2 of mine were born in March:) And the pie looks terrific! Thank you for bringing your delicious dessert to #CookBlogShare:)

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  5. What a serious dessert.It looks delicious.....love the chocolate pastry!

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