Mocha Buttercrunch Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Crust:.
• Preheat oven to 350. Combine the flour, salt and brown sugar. With a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in the butter.
• Stir in the chocolate and nuts. Mix the vanilla and water and add to the crumbs.
• Work the mixture with your hands to combine. With floured fingers, push the mixture into a 9 inch pie plate, covering the bottom, sides and rim. Bake for 20 minutes. Cool completely.
• Filling:.
• In an electric mixer, cream the butter till fluffy and smooth. Add the sugar, coffee and vanilla and beat till smooth. Add the melted chocolate. Again beat smooth.
• Add the eggs one by one, beating for several minutes after each addition.
• (NOTE: If you prefer to cook the eggs first, mix them with 1/4 cup milk and heat over medium low heat, till the mixture thickens and bubbles a bit, and coats a spoon -reaching a temperature of 160. Cool and add to the chocolate mixture.).
• Spread the mixture into the pie crust. Chill several hours. (At this point, the pie can be wrapped and frozen. Defrost in the refrigerator for 6-8 hours.).
• Topping:.
• Just before serving, whip together the cream, coffee, powdered sugar, cocoa and vanilla till stiff enough to hold a shape. Cover the top of the pie and top with grated chocolate, if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a food processor blend together the flour, sugar and salt.
• Add the cold butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Add the nuts and chocolate, pulsing until the nuts are finely chopped.
• Press crust onto bottom and up the sides of a 9 inch metal pie plate.
• Freeze for 20 minutes and then bake for 25 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown.
• Cool completely.
• In the top of a double broiler melt the 6 oz's chocolate until smooth.
• Remove from over the water.
• Combine sugar, yolks and corn syrup in a medium metal bowl.
• Set bowl over saucepan of simmering water and whisk until thermometer registers 160 degrees, about 6 minutes.
• Remove from over the water and add the butter, espresso and vanilla.
• beat the mixture until cool and thick, around 5-6 minutes.
• Fold in the melted chocolate mixture.
• Beat the 1 cup chilled whipping cream in another bowl until stiff peaks form.
• Fold into chocolate mixture.
• Spoon mixture into pie cruse and refrigerate at least 6 hours, overnight is better.
• To serve pipe whipped cream on pie and top with chocolate curls.