Name: Blacksmith Pie
Yield: Yield: 12 or More Servings.
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ¾ pound (12 ounces) semisweet chocolat; 3½ cups heavy cream; 2 egg yolks; 1 whole egg; 10 ounces (about 12) Fudge Cookies or Oreos with filling scraped off and discarded; 8 ounces graham crackers; 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons sugar; 4 egg whites; ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1½ cups half-and-half, or 1 cup heavy cream and ½ cup milk; ¼ cup cornstarch; ½ pound butter, at room temperature

Preparation info

Yield:
12
or More Servings.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

About

I was given a recipe some years ago for an incredibly rich chocolate cake, back in the days when they first coined the name “chocoholic.” This recipe for blacksmith pie was created for the Old Forge Restaurant in Miami Beach.

Ingredients

The Crust

10 ounces (about 12) Fudge Cookies or Oreos with filling scraped off and discarded
8 ounces

Method

Using a blender or food processor, blend the fudge cookies and graham crackers until fine. There should be about 5 cups. Put the crumbs in a bowl. Cut the butter into pieces and add it, blending thoroughly.
Use the crumb mixture to line the bottom and sides of a