Courvoisier French Silk Chocolate Pie Recipe

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Ready in: > 2 hrs
recipe difficulty 3/5

Difficulty: 3 (1=easiest :: hardest=5)

Serves/Makes: 8

Ingredients:
1 (9-inch) pastry crust, baked
2 1/2 cups half and half or light cream
4 tablespoons cornstarch
1/3 cup sugar
6 squares (1 ounce ea) semisweet chocolate
4 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup Courvoisier
1 cup whipping cream
2 tablespoons Courvoisier
Chocolate shavings

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Directions:

In a medium saucepan, combine half and half, cornstarch, and sugar.

Stir until well-blended. Add chocolate and cook over low heat, stirring continuously, until chocolate is melted and mixture comes to a boil.

Stir one cup of hot mixture into yolks, return to pan. Cook and stir one minute. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and Courvoisier.

Pour into prepared crust. Chill four hours.

Whip cream with two tablespoons Courvoisier until fluffy. Spread over top of pie. Garnish with chocolate shavings.

**NOTE: Courvoisier is a type of Brandy/Cognac**

This recipe from CDKitchen for Courvoisier French Silk Chocolate Pie serves/makes 8