BLACK BOTTOM CHOCOLATE/RUM CUSTARD PIE 1952
This recipe is from Mom's notebook. It gives no hint of where she got it, but is dated 1952. It is a refrigerator pie made with home made custard. It has a layer of chocolate custard on the bottom with a layer of rum flavored custard on the top which is then covered with whipped cream and shaved chocolate. It has a graham...
Provided by Marcia McCance
Categories Puddings
Number Of Ingredients 28
Steps:
- 1. GRAHAM CRACKER CRUST: Combine all 4 crust ingredients and press into 8 or 9 inch pie plate
- 2. MAKE CUSTARD: Stir the scaled milk slowly into the beaten eggs then stir in the sugar mixture and cook in double boiler over hot water stirring occasionally for about 20 minutes or until custard coats the spoon
- 3. REMOVE one cup of hot custard and set aside for the top layer
- 4. To remaining hot custard still in the pan add 1 1/2 squares of dark baking chocolate (can use sweetened or milk chocolate if prefer) -- beat until well blended, then let cool
- 5. Add 1/2 tsp vanilla and pour choc custard into the pie shell
- 6. SECOND OR TOP LAYER OF CUSTARD: add dissolved gelatine to 1C of plain custard that was set aside before -- then add 1T of rum extract and mix well
- 7. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff, adding the salt, cream of tartar, and sugar, one teaspoon full at a time until all is incorporated.
- 8. Fold the egg-white mixture into the custard-with-rum mixture and pour it on top of the chocolate layer and place in refrigerator to cool
- 9. After the pie has set up, cover the top with whipped cream and shaved chocolate just before serving.
BLACK-BOTTOM CHOCOLATE PIE
Categories Chocolate Dessert Freeze/Chill Kid-Friendly Birthday Chill Bon Appétit Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher Small Plates
Yield Makes 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- For Filling:
- Whisk first 4 ingredients in heavy medium saucepan to blend. Whisk in egg yolks to form thick paste. Gradually whisk in milk, then cream. Whisk over medium-high heat until mixture thickens and boils 1 minute. Remove from heat. Add chocolate and whisk until smooth. Whisk in rum and vanilla. Cool 5 minutes, whisking occasionally. Transfer filling to frozen crust. Chill until cold, at least 2 hours and up to 1 day.
- For Topping:
- Beat first 3 ingredients in large bowl until firm peaks form. Spoon whipped cream into pastry bag fitted with large star tip. Pipe rosettes around edge of pie. Garnish with chocolate curls. (Can be made 4 hours ahead; chill.)
CHOCOLATE BLACK-BOTTOM PIE
Chocolate appears 3 times in this black-bottom pie: The crust is made of chocolate wafers, the filling is rum-flavored ganache topped with macadamia nuts, and the whipped cream topping is swirled with more chocolate.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Pie & Tarts Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a medium microwave-safe bowl, microwave 1 1/4 cups cream until hot, about 3 minutes. Add chocolate and let stand until melted, 5 to 10 minutes. Whisk to combine, then whisk in rum. Pour 1 1/2 cups chocolate mixture into crust (reserve remaining chocolate mixture). Sprinkle nuts over top. Refrigerate pie 3 hours (or up to 2 days).
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat 2 cups cream with sugar on high until stiff peaks form, 2 minutes. Top pie with whipped cream, then dot with reserved chocolate mixture. With a skewer, gently swirl chocolate through whipped cream.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 719 g, Fat 60 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 6 g
BROWN DERBY BLACK BOTTOM CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE
My daughter made this and She use to go to Perkin's once a month just to buy a full Chocolate silk pie, but since She has adopted this choc. pie recipe left in an old cookbook of My Grams, My daughter has never gone back to The French Silk ones, as She believes these are a hundred times more delicious. Well worth the little extra...
Provided by Barbara J. Matern
Categories Chocolate
Time 3h
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- 1. Put 1 cup evaporated milk in bowl, set in freezer until ice crystals form/ appear on sides of bowl,beat until whipped and almost doubles in size in the bowl beat in 1 tsp. vanilla extract, then place back in freezer to keep chilled until later.
- 2. In a double boiler pot, combine 1 package of unflavored gelatin, the 3/4 c. sugar, salt(1/8tsp.), egg yolk,and regular white milk,simmer in this double boiler while stirring in and melting 3squares(reserve 1 square for later) bakers unsweetened chocolate, stirring occasionally. After this is all melted and stirred together, let cool.After this chocolate mixture cools, mix with an electric mixer until well beaten and smooth,chill, add evaporated milk mixture (previously set in freezer to chill) mix thoroughly. Poor into the 9 in. baked pie shell, chill,
- 3. Take the pint of heavy whipping cream,beat in a separate bowl with mixer until soft peaks form, add dash sugar to taste,put this on top of chilled choc pie in shell, take the reserved 4th square of chocolate,shave on top to color.(can also shave some orange zest for color.) Serve chilled
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