Chocolate Fudge Pie

Prep time:  25 mins

Cook time:  50 mins

Total time:  1 hour 15 min

Serves: 8-10

   Homemade fudge pie with rich and dense, moist chocolate filling.

Ingredients

For the crust:

• 1¼ cups all-purpose flour


• ½ teaspoon salt


• 1 teaspoon sugar


• ½ cup unsalted butter (cold and cut into half inch cubes)


• 2-4 tablespoons cold water

For the filling:

• 1 cup half and half


• ¼ cup unsalted butter


• 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate-chopped


• 1½ cups sugar


• ¾ cup cocoa powder


• ¼ cup all-purpose flour


• ¼ teaspoon salt


• 2 eggs


• 3 egg yolks

Instructions

To make the crust:

1. In a large bowl whisk together flour, sugar and salt.


2. Add butter and mix with a fork until it starts to look like a coarse meal.


3. Add 1 tablespoon of water at the time and continue mixing until a dough forms.


4. Wrap the dough with the plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.


5. Lightly greased 9-inch pie plate and preheat oven to 350 F.


6. Take the dough from refrigerator and roll out on a lightly floured work surface into a circle about ⅛ inch thick.


7. Transfer the dough to a pie plate and trim excess of a dough from edges.

To make the filling:

1. In a bowl whisk together sugar, cocoa powder, flour, and salt.


2. Combine in a sauce pan half and half, butter, and chocolate and stir over a medium-low heat until it become smooth.( Let it cool a few minutes before you add it over dry ingredients and eggs)


3. Add eggs, egg yolks and chocolate mixture into dry ingredients and stir until well-combined


4. Transfer filling to pie crust in pan.


5. Bake 45 to 50 minutes (until the center is set and the edges start to crack)


6. Cool 10-15 minutes before serving.

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