Chocolate Egg Nog Recipe

  
 

Chocolate Desserts Recipe - Chocolate Egg Nog Pie

Ingredients

  • 1 1/3 cups (335ml) all-purpose flour

  • 1/4 cup (60ml) chocolate milk powder

  • 1/4 lb (110g) butter or margarine

  • 2 tbsp (30ml) cold water

Filling

  • 1/3 cup (85ml) sugar

  • 2 eggs

  • 1/4 cup (60ml) all-purpose flour

  • 1 1/4 cups (310ml) milk

  • 1 tsp (5ml) vanilla extract

  • 2/3 cup (165ml) whipping cream

  • 1 tbsp (15ml) rum

  • grated nutmeg

Method:

  1. Preheat oven to 400F (200C).

  2. Sift together flour and chocolate powder and add margarine or butte, cut into pieces. Cut in until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Mix to a firm dough with water.

  3. Knead dough lightly and roll out to fit an 8 inch (20cm) fluted pie plate or quiche pan. Bake blind (lined with foil weighted with dried beans) for 20 minutes.

  4. To make filling : Place 1/4 cup (60ml) sugar in a bowl with 1 egg and 1 egg yolk. Beat well and mix in flour. Warm milk with vanilla extract and pour onto egg mixture, stirring. Return to milk pan and stir over gentle heat until thickened. cool slightly. Pour into flan shell. Let cool then chill.

  5. Beat remaining egg white until stiff and peaking, then whisk in remaining sugar. Whip cream with rum and fold gently into egg white. Spread mixture over custard filling and sprinkle with nutmeg.