Mocha French Silk Pie

Mocha French Silk Pie

Crust Ingredients:

Pie Crust.- Roll out and fit into pie dish baked at 350 degrees until golden.  Let cool.  Using this recipe you should only need half the dough, freeze the rest to thaw and use it another day -

or

Chocolate Graham Cracker Pie Crust
 or

To save time - (you can also use a pre-made crust)

Filling:
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/2 tsp. salt
4 egg yolks
3 cups milk (skim or 1%)
2 Tbsp. instant coffee powder
2/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
2 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla

Directions:

Grind up chocolate using a food processor.  Set aside.

In a bowl whisk your egg yolks.  Add milk and whisk together.  In a medium sauce pan, add sugar, cornstarch and salt.  Turn on to medium heat and whisk in milk mixture.  Add instant coffee.  Whisk for about 7 minutes until thick.  Turn off heat, add ground chocolate, butter and vanilla.  Whisk together until combined.

Pour into cooled pie crust and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.  Serve with whipped cream or cool whip.  Also great topped with chocolate shavings.  Enjoy!