HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE PUDDING PIE WITH BROWNIE CRUST

I made myself a chocolate Valentine treat, albeit early. I whipped up a homemade brownie bottom chocolate pudding pie!

I deserve this, folks. You see, I used to make a highly processed version of this dessert during the early years of my marriage, when my son was little.

But my hubby has never been a chocolate fan (the horror!), and my daughter won’t eat pudding of any kind. (What?!!)

So, as moms do, I sacrificed myself for years and didn’t make this pie. Well, my daughter is away at college (we got to visit her over the weekend!), and during the long car ride, I waxed poetically to my hubby about how I really wanted to make a homemade chocolate pudding pie with a brownie crust.

I mean, I don’t think I’d ever tasted chocolate pudding from scratch, let alone made it. What if I topped the brownie layer with homemade pudding, piled on fresh whipped cream and scattered semi-sweet chocolate shavings all over the top?

Ingredients

• Chocolate Pudding from Scratch
• 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate
• 3 Tablespoons cocoa powder (unsweetened)
• 3 Tablespoons corn starch
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 3 egg yolks
• 2 1/2 cups 2% milk (or whole milk)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Brownie Crust
• 4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
• 4 Tablespoons salted butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• Whipped Cream
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 Tablespoons confectioners sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Garnish
• 1 square of semi-sweet chocolate to make curls

Directions

1. Make your pudding first, since it will need to chill for up to three hours. Chop your bittersweet chocolate into fine flakes with a serrated knife.
2. In a large, heat-proof bowl, whisk together your cocoa, corn starch and salt. Gradually add the cream, whisking as you go until it's smooth. Whisk in your eggs.
3. In a 3-quart or larger saucepan, add your milk. Stir in the sugar and warm it over medium heat. Bring the pot to a simmer. You will see tiny bubbles covering the surface of the liquid.
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