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Best Black Forest Pie Recipe
Zona House
Black Forest Pie is the perfect combination of rich fudgy chocolate and cherry filling, topped with a layer of cherries, and a layer of whipped cream speckled with shaved baker’s chocolate all nestled in a flaky pie crust.
4.67
from
6
votes
Prep Time
10
minutes
mins
Cook Time
50
minutes
mins
Cool Time
1
hour
hr
Total Time
2
hours
hrs
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Servings
2
Calories
852
kcal
Equipment
Aluminum Pie Pan, 6 x 1.5 Inch
Ingredients
1x
2x
3x
US Customary
Metric
For the crust:
▢
¾
cup
flour
▢
½
tsp
salt
▢
4
Tbsp
unsalted butter
(melted)
▢
3
Tbsp
ice water
For the filling:
▢
⅓
cup
sugar
▢
⅛
cup
baking cocoa
▢
1
Tbsp
flour
▢
¼
cup
milk
▢
2
Tbsp
butter, cubed
▢
1
egg, lightly beaten
▢
¼
cup
canned cherry pie filling
For the topping:
▢
½
cup
canned cherry pie filling
▢
½
cup
whipped cream
▢
½
oz
unsweetened baker’s chocolate
Instructions
For the crust:
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Fill a cup with 3 tablespoons of ice water and set aside.
Mix together flour and salt.
Pour melted butter into flour mixture, and blend together with a fork until mixture is crumbly.
Add ice water one tablespoon at a time.
Use a fork and then your hands to form mixture into a ball. When mixture forms together but is still a bit crumbly, it's ready to roll out.
Sprinkle some flour on a clean surface and roll out dough, constantly flouring the rolling pin.
Roll dough out until it's at least 2 - 3 inches more in diameter than the pie plate.
Carefully place dough into a 6 inch pie plate smoothing it out inside pie plate and letting edges overhang.
Cut overhanging edges with scissors, but leave at least an inch or so overhanging the rim of your pie plate.
Pinch edges to make a pretty pattern around top edge, if desired.
For the Filling:
In a saucepan combine 1/3 cup sugar, cocoa, and 1 tbsp flour.
Stir in milk until smooth.
Cook over medium heat, whisking until smooth.
Add 2 tbsp cubed butter. Continue to whisk and cook over medium heat until thick and bubbly.
Continue whisking and reduce heat and cook for 2 minutes.
Remove filling from heat.
Stir about 1/4 cup hot mixture into egg. Whisk together and add back to chocolate mixture. Whisk until combined.
Stir in 1/4 cup canned cherry pie filling.
Pour filling mixture into pie shell and bake for 35 - 40 minutes or until filling is almost set in middle.
Cool completely.
For the topping:
Spread 1/2 cup canned cherry pie filling over chocolate pie.
Grate unsweetened chocolate into shavings.
Reserve a small amount of chocolate shavings aside and add remainder into a bowl with whipped cream. Whisk to combine.
Spread whipped cream mixture in a layer over cherries.
Sprinkle remainder of chocolate shavings over top of pie. Add one more cherry on top, if desired.
Cut in half or quarters and serve.
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Nutrition
Serving:
1
Calories:
852
kcal
Carbohydrates:
105
g
Protein:
12
g
Fat:
46
g
Saturated Fat:
28
g
Polyunsaturated Fat:
2
g
Monounsaturated Fat:
12
g
Trans Fat:
1
g
Cholesterol:
187
mg
Sodium:
740
mg
Potassium:
397
mg
Fiber:
5
g
Sugar:
36
g
Vitamin A:
1502
IU
Vitamin C:
3
mg
Calcium:
108
mg
Iron:
5
mg
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