French Silk Pie

French Silk Pie is chocolate lovers dream. Flaky and buttery homemade pie crust with rich and silky chocolate filling .

Ingredients

• For the crust:
• 1 and 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1 sticks (1/2 cup) unsalted butter- diced and chilled
• 2–4 tablespoons iced water
• Chocolate filling:
• 8 oz. semisweet or bittersweet chocolate – melted and cooled
• 4 eggs
• 1 ½ cup powdered sugar
• 1 cup unsalted butter – softened
• 1 ½ cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 3 Tablespoons cocoa powder
• ½ cup powdered sugar
• For topping:
• 1 and 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 3 tablespoons powdered sugar (or more to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2–3 oz. chocolate for garnish

Instructions

1. First mix flour, salt and sugar in a medium-size bowl, then add pieces of chilled unsalted butter. Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
2. Add 2 tablespoons ice water and using your hands knead until dough comes together , DO NOT OVERDO IT!!! (If it’s still crumbly, add water a tablespoon at a time, up to 2 more tablespoons, but don’t use too much water or the crust will shrink while baking).
3. Flatten the dough into disks, wrap in plastic and refrigerate at least 1 hour.

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