How To Make Chocolate Pistachio Pie
Chocolate lovers will rejoice at the richness of this pistachio pie. It has a cocoa-infused crust and a rich, dense, and smooth chocolate filling.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Pie Dough:
- 2cupsall purpose flour
- 2tbspsugar
- ½tspsalt
- 3tbspcocoa
- 12tbspcold unsalted butter
- ½tspvanilla extract,optional
For Pie Filling:
- 1½cupshalf and half
- 3large egg yolks
- ¾cupdark brown sugar
- 1tbspcornstarch
- 2tbspcocoa powder
- 1tspsalt
- 4ozbittersweet chocolate,finely chopped
- 3tbspunsalted butter
- 1½tspvanilla extract
- ¾cupheavy cream
- 5tsppistachio paste
- 2tspsugar
- 1tbsppistachios,finely chopped
- chocolate shavings,optional for garnish
Instructions
Pie Dough:
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Stir together flour, sugar, salt, and cocoa in a large bowl. Use a pastry blender or a fork to cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal with pea-size bits of butter throughout. (Or combine dry ingredients in a food processor, then pulse in butter.)
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Drizzle in 1 to 2 tablespoons of ice water at a time (up to 6 tablespoons total), tossing after each addition, and using only enough water to make dough clump together when squeezed. Add vanilla (if using).
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Pat dough into a 4-inch circle, tightly cover with plastic wrap or parchment, and chill for 30 minutes or up to 2 days (or freeze for up to 3 months).
Pie:
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Cut cold dough into 4 pieces and grate into a 9-inch pie plate using large holes of a box grater; work quickly to keep dough cold.
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Press dough into bottom, sides, and along the rim of pan to uniform thickness. Trim excess dough; crimp edges. Chill 20 minutes.
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Line shell with parchment paper and fill with rice or pie weights. Bake 10 to 12 minutes; remove rice and paper and bake until crust is cooked through, 8 to 10 more minutes. Cool on a rack.
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Whisk half-and-half, yolks, brown sugar, cornstarch, cocoa, and salt in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until it thickens and bubbles. Cook 1 minute more; remove from heat.
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Stir in bittersweet chocolate, butter, and vanilla. Pour into pie shell; cool completely. Transfer to refrigerator to set, at least 2 hours or up to 2 days.
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When serving, make a topping by beating heavy cream, pistachio paste, and sugar (if using) in a cold bowl to soft peaks. Sprinkle pie with pistachios and chocolate shavings (if using); add a dollop of pistachio cream to each slice.
Nutrition
- Calories: 500.74kcal
- Fat: 34.36g
- Saturated Fat: 20.52g
- Trans Fat: 0.70g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 9.95g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.77g
- Carbohydrates: 45.55g
- Fiber: 2.56g
- Sugar: 22.54g
- Protein: 6.45g
- Cholesterol: 139.02mg
- Sodium: 319.74mg
- Calcium: 83.74mg
- Potassium: 217.41mg
- Iron: 2.23mg
- Vitamin A: 274.13µg
- Vitamin C: 0.55mg
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