Chocolate Pie
easy
90 mins
90 mins
Ingredients
- 200 g Flour
- 1 knife tip Baking Powder
- 3 Eggs (size M)
- 75 g Sugar
- 7-10 Tbsp grated rind of 1 untreated lemon
- 100 g Butter or margarine
- 200 g Dark chocolate
- 80 Butter
- 1 TABLESPOON Cocoa powder
- 3 sheets white gelatine
- 1 1/2 (each 200 g) Cup of whipped cream
- 50 g chopped almonds
- 3 TABLESPOONS flaked almonds
Directions
- 1
Knead flour, baking powder, 1 egg, sugar, grated lemon peel and fat in flakes to a smooth dough. Cover and chill for about 30 minutes. Roll out the dough on a floured work surface and place in an oval ovenproof dish (approx. 27 cm Ø). Pull the dough up by the edge. Bake in a preheated oven (electric: 200 °C/ gas: level 3) for 20-25 minutes, remove from oven and let cool.
- 2
Meanwhile melt 125 g chocolate in a hot water bath. Stir in butter and cocoa powder. Gradually beat in the remaining eggs. Soak the gelatine in cold water, squeeze it out and dissolve it in the hot water bath as well. Stir into the chocolate cream and refrigerate. Whip the cream until stiff and fold in as soon as the chocolate cream begins to gel. Cut 50 g chocolate into fine cubes and fold into the cream with the chopped almonds. Allow to set on the dough base. Peel small curls from the remaining chocolate with a peeler.
- 3
Whip the cream until stiff and fold in as soon as the chocolate cream begins to gel. Cut 50 g chocolate into fine cubes and fold into the cream with the chopped almonds. Allow to set on the dough base. Peel small curls from the remaining chocolate with a peeler. Roast the flaked almonds in a dry pan until golden brown. Decorate chocolate pie with almonds and chocolate
- 4
Form: Pillivuyt
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