Earl Grey Scented French SIlk Pie
From maryeaudet 17 years ago
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- Serves 12
A french silk pie with a sophisticated update of Earl Grey Tea...Rich, lucious, unusual and sophisticated. Top with a lavender scented whipped cream
Ingredients
- 1 c unsalted butter room softened shopping list
- 1/4c hersheys special dark cocoa shopping list
- 1 1/4 c white sugar shopping list
- 2 tsp vanilla shopping list
- 4 eggs shopping list
- 1/4 c heavy cream shopping list
- 4 oz dark chocolate chopped shopping list
- 1 bag earl grey or 1 tsp if using loose leaf shopping list
- 1 9" pie crust baked, or a crumb crust does well. shopping list
How to make it
- heat the cream just to the boiling point and remove from heat.
- Place the tea in the hot cream and let steep ( if using loose tea use a filter) for 5 minutes, or until cream takes on a golden appearance. Remove tea and heat cream back up to simmer.
- Remove from heat and add dark chocolate.
- Stir until smooth. set aside to cool. You will want the ganache to be room temp. if it is too hot it will melt the butter.
- Place butter in mixing bowl and beat in sugar a little at a time until sugar looses it's graininess and mixture is fluffy.
- Add vanilla
- Beat in cocoa
- Beat in ganache
- Beat in eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
- Spoon into crust and chill in fridge for 4 hours or more.
- Nice with a lavendar flavored whipped cream-just use a tablespoon of Monin lavender (or violet) syrup when you are making your whipped cream.
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