Chocolate Lovers Pumpkin Pie Food

CHOCOLATE-PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven at 350°F.
• Unroll pie crust on work surface. Press in bottom and up sides (about 1 inch) of 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom or pie plate.
• In large bowl, beat brown sugar and the eggs until thoroughly blended. Gently fold in pumpkin pie spice and pumpkin. Stir in whipping cream.
• Reserve 1 cup pumpkin filling. (I poured it into the measuring cup I had the whipping cream in so I didn't dirty another dish, or you can just leave it into the bowl.) Pour remaining filling into pie crust.
• With whisk, stir together reserved 1 cup pumpkin filling and baking cocoa until no lumps remain. Pour chocolate filling over pumpkin filling in pie plate. Slightly tap sides of plate so 2 fillings combine.
• Bake about 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Turn off oven and slightly open oven door; leave pie in oven about 1 hour 30 minutes to cool.
• Refrigerate pie 3 hours before serving. Serve with whipped cream.

CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• FOR THE CRUST ~ Whisk together the flour & salt, then with a pastry blender, cut in the butter until the flour & butter mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Toss mixture with a fork, sprinkling on just enough of the ice water to form a cohesive dough, then flatten the coudh into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap, & chill in refrigerator for 45 minutes.
• When dough has chilled, roll it out to an 11-inch circle & fit it into a 9-inch pie plate, trimming & crimping the edges.
• Refrigerate the pie plate while making the filling.
• FOR THE PUMPKIN FILLING ~ Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a medium bowl with an electric mixer, beat brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, ginger & cloves until well mixed.
• Add in the egg, egg white & vanilla, mixing until smooth, then beat in the pumpkin & then the light cream.
• Pour this filling into the chilled pastry shell & bake 40 minutes or until the center is set.
• Remove from the oven & cool the pie on a wire rack until it is room temperature.
• FOR THE CHOCOLATE TOPPING ~ Place chocolate in a small bowl.
• In a small saucepan, bring heavy cream & granulated sugar to a simmer, then stir until sugar is dissolved.
• Pour hot cream over the chocolate, then cover & let stand for 5 minutes, before stirring until smooth.
• Chill the chocolate topping mixture about 30 minutes or until thickened but still pourable.
• Pour chocolate over the pumpkin & chill pie about 1 hour or until chocolate is set, then serve & enjoy!

CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• For the pie crust: Combine the flour, sugar, salt and butter in a food processor and pulse until coarse, with small marbles of butter remaining. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of the ice water, then pulse until crumbly and the dough holds together when squeezed. (If too dry, add another sprinkle of water, but do not over mix.) Transfer the dough to a plastic bag, press into a disk and refrigerate for one hour.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Roll out the dough on floured surface, then press it into a deep 9-inch pie plate. Trim the edges to leave 1 inch of overhang, fold it under and flute the edges. Cut a piece of parchment or nonstick foil to the size of the pie plate and use it to line the pie crust. Fill with pie weights and bake until golden, about 15 minutes. Remove the pie weights and return the pie dough to the oven to dry out, about 8 minutes.
• Lower the oven to 325 degrees F.
• For the filling: In a double boiler, melt the semisweet chocolate, bittersweet chocolate and butter, stirring frequently until smooth. Remove from the heat.
• In a large bowl, mix together the pumpkin puree, evaporated milk, light brown sugar, eggs, cornstarch, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and salt. Fold in the melted chocolate mixture. Set the pie plate on a baking sheet and pour the filling into the crust. Bake until the center of the pie has just about set but still has a slight jiggle, about 1 hour. Let cool completely before serving. Top with chocolate shavings.

CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Mix pumpkin puree, eggs, sugar, cornstarch, vanilla extract, pumpkin pie spice, ginger, and salt in a large bowl until well combined. Set aside.
• Place baking chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds, then stir. Continue to microwave chocolate at 30-second intervals until melted. Measure out 1 cup of pumpkin mixture and stir into chocolate mixture. Set aside.
• Mix melted butter, brown sugar, dark corn syrup, egg, vanilla extract, and salt in a bowl until well combined. Stir in chopped pecans.
• Place frozen pie crust on the baking sheet and pour in chocolate-pumpkin mixture. Carefully pour pumpkin mixture on top. Pour the pecan layer over the top. Arrange pecan halves around the outside perimeter of the pie.
• Bake in the preheated oven until pie is set, 55 to 65 minutes.