Mama Browns Chocolate Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line the piecrust shell with parchment paper, and fill it with pie weights, dried beans, or uncooked rice. Bake for 15 minutes. Remove the pie weights and parchment paper. Return the pie crust to the oven, and bake until lightly browned, about 5 minutes more. Remove to a wire rack, and cool for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, let the prepared ganache stand at room temperature 30 minutes.
• Sprinkle the brownie cubes on the bottom of the pie crust; top with the caramel sauce, drizzling it evenly. Beat the ganache, heavy cream, and espresso with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy. Using a spatula, spread the ganache mixture evenly over the top of the pie.
• Chill the pie, uncovered, for 2 hours. Dust with the confectioners' sugar just before serving.
• Put the chocolate chips in a heatproof mixing bowl. Stir together the cream, corn syrup, vanilla, and salt in a small saucepan; bring to a boil over medium-high. Pour the hot cream mixture over the chocolate chips, making sure all the chips are submerged. (Do not stir or touch the chocolate mixture.) Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and let it stand for 5 minutes.
• Using a spatula and starting from the bottom of the bowl, gently move the mixture from side to side to begin combining the chocolate with the cream mixture. Gradually and slowly stir from the middle until smooth and blended, 2 to 3 minutes.

Steps:

• Mix together sugar, cocoa, corn starch and salt in a medium saucepan. Gradually mix in milk. Cook and stir over medium high heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to medium low; cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove pan from heat. Stir about one cup of the hot filling into the egg yolks; mix back into the custard. Return saucepan to heat, and bring to a gentle boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat, and stir in vanilla. Pour hot filing into crust.
• In a clean bowl, beat egg whites with cream of tartar until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar, and continue to beat until stiff and glossy. Spread evenly over hot filling, sealing meringue to crust.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 12 to 15 minutes, or until golden.

Steps:

• For the crust: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Pulse the cookies in a food processor until finely chopped. With the processor running, add the butter. Press the crumbs into the bottoms of four 4 1/4-inch disposable aluminum pie pans. Bake until set, about 5 minutes. Let cool.
• For the filling: Whisk together the sugar, cornstarch and salt in a medium saucepan. Whisk in the milk and egg yolks. Stir over medium heat until the mixture just barely comes to a boil and becomes thick, 6 to 8 minutes. The second it starts to bubble and thicken (it should be thick like pudding), remove it from the heat. Add the chocolate, butter and vanilla, then stir until everything is beautifully combined. Pour the pudding into the pie crusts and place in the fridge, uncovered, to chill for 4 hours. Serve topped with whipped cream.

Steps:

• Mix sugar, cocoa & flour in saucepan.
• Beat egg yolks & add water.
• Add to saucepan. Cook over med. heat til boiling, reduce heat, continue to cook, stirring constantly til thickened.
• Remove from heat & pour into baked pie crust. Use egg whites for meringue.
• Meringue.
• 4 egg whites.
• 5-6 tab sugar.
• ½ tsp cream of tartar.
• Beat egg whites, as they start to thicken, gradually add sugar & cream of tartar. Beat til peaks form.
• Pour on pie & bake 10-12 min or until turning brown at 350º.

Steps:

• Sift sugar, cornstarch, flour and salt. Set aside. Melt chocolate and butter in double boiler. Add flour mixture to chocolate mixture. Gradually add one cup of milk to form a paste. In a separate bowl, beat egg yolks and five cups of milk thoroughly. Add to paste-mix in pan. Cook over medium heat or double boiler. Keep stirred to keep from scorching. When mixture is the consistency of pudding, remove from from heat and add vanilla. Pour into pie shells.
• To Make Meringue: Beat 6 egg whites until stiff. Gradually add granulated sugar. Beat until meringue forms stiff peaks. Spread on cooled pies.
• Brown meringue in 300 degrees F oven about 10 minutes. Keep refrigerated or freeze this pie and it has a wonderful custard taste.