Peanut Butter And Chocolate Pie

Recipe Ingredients

		Crust
1		Nine-inch refrigerated ready pie crust - room temperature
		= (half of a 15-oz package)
		Filling
4		Egg yolks (large)
2/3 cup	131g / 4.6oz	Sugar
3 1/2 tablespoons	52ml	Cornstarch
3 cups	711ml	Half-and-half
1 tablespoon	15ml	Unsalted butter
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla extract
1 cup	110g / 3.9oz	Semisweet chocolate chips - (6 oz)
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Peanut butter chips - (6 oz)
		Topping
1 cup	237ml	Chilled whipping cream
2 tablespoons	30ml	Powdered sugar
		Grated semisweet chocolate

Recipe Instructions

For Crust: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Transfer crust to 9-inch-diameter pie dish. Trim edges of crust and pierce all over with fork. Bake pie crust until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Cool crust completely on rack.

For Filling: Place yolks in medium bowl. Combine sugar and cornstarch in heavy medium saucepan. Whisk in half-and-half. Bring mixture to boil over medium-high heat, whisking constantly. Boil 1 minute. Whisk half of mixture into yolks. Return yolk mixture to saucepan. Boil 1 minute, whisking constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in butter and vanilla.

Place chocolate chips in medium bowl. Add 1 cup hot custard and stir until chocolate chips melt and mixture is smooth. Add peanut butter chips to remaining custard in saucepan and stir until peanut butter chips melt and mixture is smooth.

Spread chocolate mixture evenly into prepared crust. Gently spoon peanut butter mixture over chocolate, spreading to edge of crust. Place plastic wrap atop pie to prevent skin from forming. Cool pie on rack 1 hour. Refrigerate until set, about 2 hours. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead.)

For Topping: Using electric mixer, beat whipping cream in medium bowl to soft peaks. Add sugar and beat until stiff peaks form. Spoon topping into pastry bag fitted with large star tip. Pipe cream decoratively atop pie. Sprinkle with grated semisweet chocolate.

This recipe yields 8 servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, October 1991

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