Salted Caramel Chocolate Cream Pie Food

CARAMEL CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Add the sugar to a small saucepan over low heat. Gently stir the mixture.
• The sugar will starts to form lumps. Continue to gently stir. It will eventually turn into a smooth amber liquid without lumps.
• Carefully add in the chopped butter. Whisk until the butter is fully melted and incorporated.
• Remove from the heat and whisk in the cream until the mixture is smooth. Allow the caramel to cool. Note: this recipe will make about 1 cup total of caramel sauce - you will not use all of it in the caramel filling for the pie.
• Add the cookies (wafers and filling) to a food processor and pulse until fine crumbs. Or place in a Ziploc bag and crush with a rolling pin.
• Mix the cookie crumbs with the melted butter.
• Press the mixture into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie pan. Place in the fridge as you make the filling.
• In a large bowl, whip the cream until stiff peaks form.
• In a separate large bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Beat in the powdered sugar and cooled 1/2 cup of salted caramel sauce
• Using a large rubber spatula, gently fold in the whipped cream until the mixture is smooth and even.
• Spoon the mixture into the cookie crust and smooth the top.
• Cover the pie plate, and place in the fridge for 6 hours to set before serving.
• Beat the whipped cream until stiff peaks form.
• Spread the whipped cream over top of the pie, and drizzle with more caramel sauce.
• Slice pieces using a thin, sharp knife (not a table knife) being sure to slice all the way through the crust. I find the first piece can be a little hard to get out of the pie plate, but after that, they cut more easily.

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL PIE (NO BAKE)

Steps:

• Caramel layer:.
• Cook sweetened condensed milk, butter, and sugar in medium saucepan over medium heat until butter melts.
• Increase heat and bring to a boil, stirring constantly for six minutes or until mixture is as thick as pudding.
• Pour over prepared crust and refrigerate one hour.
• Truffle layer:.
• Stir chocolate chips, heavy cream, and butter in medium saucepan over medium heat until melted and smooth.
• Pour over caramel layer and refrigerate one hour.
• Mousse layer:.
• In a double broiler melt chocolate chips, stirring constantly. Cool slightly.
• Beat heavy cream in a bowl until stiff peaks form. Beat in cooled chocolate.
• Beat ice cold evaporated milk until trails form.
• Beat into chocolate mixture just until blended DO NOT OVERBEAT!
• Spread over truffle layer and refrigerate for one hour.
• NOTE 1: I put the evaporated milk in a metal bowl and place in freezer until ice crystals begin to form around the edges and then beat.

BAILEYS SALTED CARAMEL CHOCOLATE PIE

Steps:

• Melt chocolate chips according to package directions. Let cool slightly.
• Whip cream and sugar. When soft peaks begin to form, gradually add Baileys with a hint of Caramel.
• Gently mix in the melted chocolate.
• Spread mixture into pie crust and sprinkle top with coarse salt.
• Refrigerate for 4-6 hours. Garnish with shaved chocolate and/or caramel sauce drizzle.

SALTED CARAMEL PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In a food processor, pulse the graham cracker crumbs with the melted butter and light brown sugar until the crumbs are moistened. Press the crumbs evenly into a 9-inch glass or metal pie plate. Bake for about 10 minutes, just until lightly browned. Let cool. Increase the oven temperature to 425 degrees.
• Scrape the condensed milk into a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish and sprinkle with a scant 1/2 teaspoon of fleur de sel. Cover the dish with foil and place it in a roasting pan. Add enough hot water to the pan to reach one-third of the way up the side of the baking dish. Bake, lifting the foil to stir 2 or 3 times, until the condensed milk is golden and thickened, about 2 hours; add more water to the roasting pan as necessary (watch water level carefully). The consistency of the caramel should be like dulce de leche. Don't worry if it is lumpy; it will smooth out as it chills. (You may have many lumps, but it will work out.)
• Scrape the caramel filling into the pie crust, smoothing the top. Spray a sheet of plastic wrap with vegetable oil spray and cover the pie. Refrigerate until the filling is chilled and set, at least 4 hours.
• In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the cream with the confectioners' sugar until very firm peaks form. Remove the plastic. Mound the whipped cream on top of the pie and sprinkle with fleur de sel. Cut into wedges and serve.