Chocolate Pie

Another wonderful recipe from the amazing Kelly, who is a talented costume designer and new mum. This recipe was part of the collection I got at my Kitchen Tea, from a really amazing bridesmaid who also made my dress and managed to find a suit my husband would actually wear (what a talent!).
Chocolate Pie was one of those things that I thought wasn't going to work when I tried it, but yum!

Equipment:

• A bowl
• Chopping board
• Knife
• Cup measures
• Teaspoon measure
• A good saucepan with a thick base (so stuff won't burn easily)
• A pie tin if you are cooking your own pie shell - most store bought ones will come with their own foil one.
• Your oven

Ingredients:

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup of cocoa
• 1/4 cup of flour
• 2 cups of milk
• 4 eggs
• 125g of butter (half a block)
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
• Pie crust from the supermarket

Method:

• Preheat oven, and pre-bake your pie shell as per the instructions, or if you're feeling adventurous, you could have a go at this recipe for one.
• Separate your egg yolks and whites (the whites aren't needed)
• Cut your butter into small cubes (1cm or so)
• Mix flour, sugar, cocoa, salt and milk in your saucepan.
• Bring to boil & gradually add the egg yolks
• Cook and stir constantly until thick - you really have to watch this bit.
• Remove from the heat & stir in your butter and vanilla.
• Pull out your pie crust from the oven
• Turn down your oven to a moderate heat - 350F or 180C.
• Pour your chocolate filling into the pie crust
• Put your chocolate pie into the oven to brown on top for 10 minutes.

Serving suggestion

Serve with ice cream - vanilla, or for something extra sweet, try a caramel.