The Best French Silk Pie

The recipe The Best French Silk Pie could satisfy your Mediterranean craving in around 50 minutes. This dessert has 790 calories, 10g of protein, and 51g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. For $1.7 per serving, this recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is brought to you by Averie Cooks. This recipe is liked by 8339 foodies and cooks. A mixture of eggs, salt, unsweetened chocolate, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. With a spoonacular score of 55%, this dish is solid. Chocolate French Silk Pie (Copycat Bakers Square's French Silk), French Silk Pie, and French Silk Pie are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 8

Preparation duration: 40 minutes

Cooking duration: 10 minutes

 

Ingredients:

4 large eggs, at room temperature

1/2 teaspoon instant espresso granules, optional but recommended

20 Oreo cookies, finely crushed (I use chocolate-filled Oreos rather than white-filled, and regular rather than Double-Stuffed)

Crust

pinch salt, optional and to taste

1 1/2 cups ultrafine sugar, also called ultrafine or baker's sugar (using granulated sugar could result in graininess; use at your discretion)

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened

6 ounces dark chocolate, at least 72%, melted (unsweetened baker's chocolate may be substituted)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

8 ounces whipped topping (thawed and stirred well, lite okay) or 2 cups freshly whipped cream

Equipment:

pie form

oven

food processor

bowl

wire rack

stand mixer

spatula

whisk

Cooking instruction summary:

Crust - Preheat oven to 350F and spray a 9-inch pie dish wish cooking spray; set aside. Add Oreos to the canister of a food processor and process until finely ground, 1 to 2 minutes on high power; set aside. In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt the butter, about 1 minute on high power. Add melted butter to canister of food processor and process until incorporated, about 30 seconds. Turn crumbs out into prepared pie dish and using your fingers, hard-pack the mixture to create a crust, making sure to cover sides of pie dish. Bake for 10 minutes, or until just set. Place on a wire rack to cool. Filling - In a medium microwave-safe bowl, melt the chocolate, about 1 to 2 minutes on high power. Stop after 1 minute to check and stir. Heat in 15 second increments until chocolate can be stirred smooth; set aside to cool. To the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the butter, sugar, and beat on high power until very light and fluffy, about 5 minutes, stopping as necessary to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Mixture should be very pale, almost white; the lighter and fluffier the better to ensure sugar is well on it's way to being dissolved and incorporated fully. Add the vanilla, espresso granules, optional salt, cooled chocolate, and beat on high power until incorporated and mixture is fluffy, about 3 to 4 minutes. Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, remove paddle attachment, switch to whisk attachment, add 1 egg, and beat for 5 minutes on high power. Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the second egg, beat for 5 minutes on high power. Repeat process with remaining eggs. Eggs are added 1 at a time, spaced 5 minutes apart, for a total of 20 minutes active whipping time. After 20 minutes, make sure your mixture is smooth, silky, fluffy, with zero traces of graininess. Continue beating until you're satisfied with the smoothness because this is what your pie will taste like. Turn mixture out into crust, smoothing the top lightly with a spatula. Cover with plasticwrap and place in fridge for at least 4 hours (overnight is better) for pie to set up fully. Topping - Add the whipped topping/cream, smoothing it lightly with a spatula. I left a bare margin of 1-inch for visual appeal so you can see the chocolate; cover surface fully if preferred. Sprinkle evenly with chopped chocolate before slicing and serving. Pie will keep covered in the fridge for up to 5 days.

 

Step by step:


1. Crust - Preheat oven to 350F and spray a 9-inch pie dish wish cooking spray; set aside.

2. Add Oreos to the canister of a food processor and process until finely ground, 1 to 2 minutes on high power; set aside. In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt the butter, about 1 minute on high power.

3. Add melted butter to canister of food processor and process until incorporated, about 30 seconds. Turn crumbs out into prepared pie dish and using your fingers, hard-pack the mixture to create a crust, making sure to cover sides of pie dish.

4. Bake for 10 minutes, or until just set.

5. Place on a wire rack to cool. Filling - In a medium microwave-safe bowl, melt the chocolate, about 1 to 2 minutes on high power. Stop after 1 minute to check and stir.

6. Heat in 15 second increments until chocolate can be stirred smooth; set aside to cool. To the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the butter, sugar, and beat on high power until very light and fluffy, about 5 minutes, stopping as necessary to scrape down the sides of the bowl.

7. Mixture should be very pale, almost white; the lighter and fluffier the better to ensure sugar is well on it's way to being dissolved and incorporated fully.

8. Add the vanilla, espresso granules, optional salt, cooled chocolate, and beat on high power until incorporated and mixture is fluffy, about 3 to 4 minutes. Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, remove paddle attachment, switch to whisk attachment, add 1 egg, and beat for 5 minutes on high power. Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the second egg, beat for 5 minutes on high power. Repeat process with remaining eggs. Eggs are added 1 at a time, spaced 5 minutes apart, for a total of 20 minutes active whipping time. After 20 minutes, make sure your mixture is smooth, silky, fluffy, with zero traces of graininess. Continue beating until you're satisfied with the smoothness because this is what your pie will taste like. Turn mixture out into crust, smoothing the top lightly with a spatula. Cover with plasticwrap and place in fridge for at least 4 hours (overnight is better) for pie to set up fully. Topping -

9. Add the whipped topping/cream, smoothing it lightly with a spatula. I left a bare margin of 1-inch for visual appeal so you can see the chocolate; cover surface fully if preferred. Sprinkle evenly with chopped chocolate before slicing and serving. Pie will keep covered in the fridge for up to 5 days.


Nutrition Information:

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793k Calories
9g Protein
51g Total Fat
82g Carbs
6% Health Score
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Calories
793k
40%

Fat
51g
80%

  Saturated Fat
29g
182%

Carbohydrates
82g
27%

  Sugar
56g
63%

Cholesterol
154mg
52%

Sodium
294mg
13%

Caffeine
22mg
8%

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Protein
9g
20%

Manganese
1mg
60%

Copper
0.84mg
42%

Iron
7mg
41%

Magnesium
93mg
23%

Phosphorus
207mg
21%

Fiber
4g
20%

Zinc
2mg
19%

Selenium
12µg
18%

Vitamin A
865IU
17%

Vitamin B2
0.25mg
15%

Folate
55µg
14%

Vitamin E
2mg
14%

Vitamin K
13µg
13%

Vitamin B1
0.15mg
10%

Potassium
335mg
10%

Vitamin B3
1mg
8%

Calcium
73mg
7%

Vitamin B5
0.63mg
6%

Vitamin D
0.93µg
6%

Vitamin B12
0.33µg
5%

Vitamin B6
0.07mg
3%

covered percent of daily need
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