Tessa brought Black Bottom Pie and shared it with me about ten years ago at our annual Pie Night party. It has been a favorite of mine since. Think grown up chocolate pie. Rum flavoring, home made custard, dark chocolate, whipped cream in a crust with a little bit of a bite. Don’t make this unless you plan to serve it to a group. This is one you’ll continue to take out of the fridge, and take a sliver. Then another. Another. Ok, tell yourself -tomorrow, sweat pants. One more taste. Enough! Wrap it up, have your kid take it to a neighbor.
Next morning- Wish you saved a piece for breakfast.
Black Bottom Pie
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons water, room temperature
- 2 tablespoons rum or 2 teaspoons rum flavoring
- 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 cups milk
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 cup 6 ounces semisweet chocolate morsels
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
Gingersnap Crust
- 1 1/2 cups gingersnap crumbs, about 26 cookies
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
Instructions
For Crust:
- Stir together all ingredients. Press into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate.
- Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes. Or just until crust starts to turn dark brown on the edges. Cool on a wire rack.
For Filling:
- Stir together 2 tablespoons water and rum flavoring in a small bowl. Sprinkle gelatin over mixture. Stir mixture, and set aside. (this mixture will set up in bowl).
- Combine sugar and cornstarch in a heavy saucepan; gradually whisk in milk and egg yolks. Bring to a boil over medium heat, whisking constantly; boil 1 minute. Stir in gelatin mixture until dissolved.
- Stir together 1 cup custard mixture and chocolate morsels until smooth. Pour into Gingersnap Crust. Chill 30 minutes or until set. Set aside remaining custard mixture.
- Beat whipping cream at high speed with an electric mixer until foamy; gradually add powdered sugar, beating until soft peaks form.
- Fold 1 cup whipped cream into remaining custard mixture. Spoon over chocolate mixture. Chill pie and remaining whipped cream 2 hours or until pie is set. Spread remaining whipped cream over pie before serving. Garnish with chocolate curls if desired.
Notes
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Melwel
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Thanks for pie night…my many forkfuls were just right!
sweetjeanette
Gingersnap crust? Hmmm… sounds great!
Dakota Blue
I am interested in food photography and was wondering, what kind of camera do you use? How do you stage for a photo? All of your pictures are beautiful, and yummy.
Matthew & Betsy
i think i gained 10 pounds just looking at your blog! is it bad i do this EVERY SINGE DAY?! i love everything on here & can't wait to try them all!
VintageMixer
This pie looks amazing, as do all of your recipes on here! I'm so glad I found your blog!
Marisa
Okay, so I've been on a quest to find a chocolate cake all day today. My MIL is a chocolate fanatic and I have been looking all day on everyone's sites for a good one. It's her bday tomorrow and I was put in charge of her cake. I am so going to try your cake!!! I'm so excited! I'll let you know how it goes!
Melanie
I still have about one piece in my fridge, come over. And yes I have had to force myself not to eat the whole thing alone.