Mildred Pierce's Black Bottom Pie

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups milk
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 3/4 cup ghirardelli unsweetened cocoa
• 1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin, soaked in
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 cups heavy cream, divided
• 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
• 1 (9 inch) chocolate crumb crusts
• 2 tablespoons grated chocolate (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 scald the milk in a saucepan.
• 2 stir together the sugar and egg yolks in a bowl until smooth. mix a little of the hot milk with the eggs, then stir the mixture into the milk.
• 3 sift the cocoa into a bowl. add a little of the hot milk mixture and stir, then add the cocoa mixture to the milk mixture. cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the liquid coats the back of a wooden spoon, about 2 to 3 minutes.
• 4 remove from heat. stir the gelatin into the hot custard. place the pan over a bowl of ice. chill, stirring occasionally, until the custard forms a mound when dropped from a spoon.
• 5 whip 1 cup cream until it forms still peaks. fold into the custard.
• 6 fill the pie crust with the custard mixture and refrigerate until set, overnight or several hours.
• 7 in a small bowl, whip the remaining 1 cup cream. stir in the powdered sugar. spread evenly over the filling and sprinkle with grated chocolate.