This French silk pie features my perfectly flaky pie crust, a smooth chocolate filling, and whipped cream on top. Read through the recipe and notes before beginning and use the video tutorial above as your guide.
Ingredients
Crust
1 unbaked Flaky Pie Crust (what I used) or All Butter Pie Crust*
egg wash for pie crust: 1 large egg beaten with 1 Tablespoon milk or heavy cream
Filling
1 cup (240ml) heavy cream or heavy whipping cream
two 4-ounce quality semi-sweet chocolate bars (113g each), finely chopped*
4 large eggs
1 cup (200g) granulated sugar, divided
1 cup (2 sticks; 230g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
1 and 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Topping
1 cup (240ml) heavy cream or heavy whipping cream
2 Tablespoons confectioners’ sugar or granulated sugar*
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
optional for garnish: chocolate curls*
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Video Transcription
hi i’m sally from sally’s bakingaddiction and today i’m showing you howto make french silk piethis classic chocolate pie is known forits smooth as silk chocolate fillingand deliciously creamy whipped creamgarnishit all sits in my favorite flaky piecrust which adds a delicious texture toevery single bitei’ll show you exactly how to fully blindbake the pie crust before we add the nobake fillingyou can find this full recipe on my blogsallysbakingaddiction.com[Music]the first step is to fully blind bakethe pie crust which means that we’rebaking the crust without a fillinginside roll out your pie dough fit itinto your pie dish flute the edges andfill with pie weightsthe pie weights help prevent the crustfrom shrinkingafter partially baking remove the pieweights then continue baking the crustuntil golden brown[Music]so[Music]so[Music]let the crust cool completely beforeadding the fillingfor the filling we need a few separatebowls firstwhip heavy cream into peaks set thatasidesecond melt pure chocolate not chocolatechipsand let it cool slightly i like to whipthe heavy cream and melt the chocolatefirst so both are ready as i need them[Music]now let’s gently cook eggs with somesugar on the stovetopsome chocolate pie recipes call for raweggs but here we’ll slowly cook themuntil they’re a particular temperaturefor safe consumptiondo this in a double boiler or in a heatproof bowlover a pot of simmering water once theproper temperaturegently combine with the melted chocolate[Music]there’s one more step before we bringall of these filling ingredientstogethercream butter sugar and vanilla togetherwith your mixernow let’s combine everything into asmooth filling and spread it into ourcooled pie crust[Music]chill the pie until set and then topwith homemade vanilla whipped creamtrust me this pie is worth every singlestep[Music][Music]thank you so much for watching i lovesharing my recipe videoson this channel so make sure yousubscribe and turn on notifications soyou never miss a new oneif you have any questions or commentshop on over to my blog and i’ll be happyto help answer them