French Silk Pie with Bourbon
A luxuriously rich chocolate pie with a hint of bourbon and a graham cracker crust. It's amazing!
Servings 8 Servings
Calories 382kcal
Ingredients
For the Crust
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- ¼ cup melted butter
- ½ cup finely chopped pecans
- ¼ cup sugar
For the Filling
- ½ cup butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons bourbon
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¼ cup cocoa
- 1 tablespoon dried espresso or coffee
- pinch of salt
- 3 large eggs
For the Garnish
- Whipped cream Optional - Add 2-3 Tbsp bourbon
- Chocolate Curls
Instructions
Prepare the Crust
- Put the graham cracker crumbs into a food process and process until you have a fine crumb. Add the pecans and process until the nuts are a very small crumb and blended in.
- Add the sugar and mix well, then slowly steam the butter into the dry ingredients and process until they come together.
- Pat into a 9 inch pie plate and bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes; just turning brown.
- Remove from oven and cool completely.
Prepare the filling
- Cream butter, sugar, vanilla and bourbon together. Combine the sugar, cocoa, espresso and salt in a small bowl and whisk together. Add it to the butter mixture and beat for 5 minutes, scraping bowl often.
- Add each egg separately and beat for a full 5 minutes after the addition of each egg. Scrape bowl often.
- Pour the mixture into the cooled pie crust and smooth it out to the edges. Pipe whipped cream on top of pie and sprinkle with chocolate curls. Refrigerate for a couple of hours before serving. Can be frozen too.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 382kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 116mg | Sodium: 234mg | Potassium: 144mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 637IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 1mg