Lemon Chocolate Pie

Posted by ljmacphee on February 5, 2007 under Dessert |

Lemon Chocolate Pie

This pie has a lemon custard/pudding filling and a chocolate-almond crust. It is very lemony!

Crust
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup of almonds, grind in food processor until powdered
3 Tablespoons cocoa powder
5 Tablespoons sugar
1 egg
6 Tablespoons cold butter, cut into small pieces

1)Combine everything in a heavy duty mixer or food processor until well mixed.
2)Press into well oiled pie plate until bottom and sides are evenly covered
3)Bake at 350′ until firm ~ 30 mins.

**If you are pressed for time a ready made chocolate cookie crust will do just fine.

Filling
1 cup plus 2 Tablespoons sugar
Squeeze the juice from 3 lemons ( ~3/4 cup )
8 egg yolks
1 whole egg
3/4 cup butter at room temperature

1)Divide sugar in half, half to mixing bowl, half to sauce pan
2)add lemon juice to sauce pan, and simmer over medium flame until sugar is melted and remove from heat.
3)add egg yolks and egg to mixing bowl and beat on high until tripled in volume 4)slowly add in lemon juice with sugar from sauce pan, continuing to beat on high
5)Put mixture back into saucepan and heat over medium flame, stirring constantly until boiling, ( about 3 or 4 minutes)
6)Remove from heat, mixture should be thickening
7)slowly add in butter stirring to mix well
8)Add lemon mix to cooked pie shell
9)bake at 300′ until set in middle ( like you would for a cheese cake )
10)garnish with lemon peel and grated dark chocolate.

This recipe also works quite well with 2 oranges in place of lemons.