Earl Grey Scented French Silk Pie |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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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 |
1/4c hersheys special dark cocoa |
1 1/4 c white sugar |
2 tsp vanilla |
4 eggs |
1/4 c heavy cream |
4 oz dark chocolate chopped |
1 bag earl grey or 1 tsp if using loose leaf |
1 9 pie crust baked, or a crumb crust does well. |
Directions:
1. heat the cream just to the boiling point and remove from heat.
2. 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.
3. Remove from heat and add dark chocolate.
4. 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.
5. Place butter in mixing bowl and beat in sugar a little at a time until sugar looses it's graininess and mixture is fluffy.
6. Add vanilla
7. Beat in cocoa
8. Beat in ganache
9. Beat in eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
10. Spoon into crust and chill in fridge for 4 hours or more.
11. 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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