Salty Chocolate Chess Pie

Name: Salty Chocolate Chess Pie
Yield: Makes one 9-inch (23-cm) pie
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 bottom crust, crimped (½ recipe any crust type); ¼ cup (60 ml) heavy cream; 3 ounces (85 g) dark chocolate, chopped; 2 tablespoons extra-fine cornmeal; ½ cup (1 stick/115 g) unsalted butter; ¼ cup (60 ml) buttermilk; 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (250 g total) packed light brown sugar; 2 tablespoons cocoa powder; 1 egg yolk; 1 teaspoon sea salt; 3 eggs; 2 teaspoons vanilla

Preparation info

Makes
one
9 inch pie

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pie for Everyone

By Petra Paredez

Published 2020

About

There’s a good chance that any Petee’s fan who gets their hands on this book is going to go straight to this recipe. Year in, year out, no matter the weather, this pie is one of our biggest sellers. It gets a deep chocolate flavor from both cocoa powder and dark chocolate, which is beautifully complemented by the sea salt.

Ingredients

½ cup (1 stick/115 g) unsalted butter
3

Americas
United States
New York
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 400°F (205°C).

In a small saucepan, heat the butter over medium heat just until it melts, then turn off the heat. Whisk in the chocolate and cocoa until the chocolate is completely melted and the mixture is smooth.

In a large bowl, whisk together the