Can you say 'Hi guys!'?
Hi guys!
Say 'My name is Mia!'
'Mia'
Hi guys, I'm Laura Vitale and on this episode of Laura in the Kitchen, per your request
- I always have a request for this recipe, but recently someone requested it on my Instagram,
and I was like 'Ah!That's a great idea!'.
Let's make some delicious French Silk Pie!
It's a really deeply chocolate smooth cloud of heavenly pie, and I'm going to share with
you how I make it, it's easy and simple, it takes a little bit of TLC, I don't want to
say it's labor intensive but you have to put a little bit of time into it, all very easy
steps, but of course, and I think you're going to really love this recipe.
One, it's delicious, two, a lot of French silk pies, the eggs are not cooked, but we
are actually going to cook our egg mixture over a double boiler so that everybody can
eat the pie, you can feel comfortable and safe, no worries whatsoever and it makes for
the most delicious thing in the world, so this is how I make it and I'm certain that
you are going to love it.
The first thing you'll need is to make a pie crust, you can get a pre-baked pie crust at
your grocery store if you want to or you can just make a pie crust and bake it in a nine
inch pie plate like I did, mine is cooling off to the side, when we need it it will be
ready.
Then you take a cup of heavy cream, you whip it to stiff peaks, pop that into the fridge
to stay cold, the third thing you're going to do is you're going to take a pot, you're
going to fill it with water and bring it to a simmer and make sure that you have a heat
proof bowl that fits comfortably on top because that's what we are going to work on next.
This is going to be over - my water is simmering over low heat, I don't want it to boil because
it will scorch the eggs, but over medium-low heat is perfect, in a large heat-proof bowl,
add sugar, and eggs, and we are going to cook this on your double boiler, the heat from
the bottom is what's going to cook this and we are going to cook it while constantly whisking
using your handheld electric whisk for exactly ten minutes.
I'm going to bring my phone out, it's in my pocket, put my timer on because I want to
make sure it's going for exactly ten minutes, so I'm going to do that, ten minutes starts
now and I'll show you what it looks like when it's there.
Alright, so ten minutes is a long time, so let's read some comments!
Cindy says, where have you been my whole life?
I love your videos!
You know what, I've been living on this earth for 32 years, I sure am happy you found me!
Someone said on the classic pork chop video, use tongs, don't stab your meat with a fork.
You know what?
How many times have you been in your kitchen where you just used the fork because it was
the closest thing to you?
That's what I do!
Don't forget this is a real kitchen, making real food that I eat at the end of it, so
sometimes all I got is a fork around, that's what I'm gonna use.
On the Salisbury steak recipe, someone says this is THE meatloaf recipe in my house, I'm
not sure why but it gets better each time I make it, the whole family requests this
meal at least once a week - thank you Laura!
You are mighty welcome, my friend!
Roberto on the Korean ground beef and rice says hello Laura, you are very good at explaining
the recipe and cooking.
Well, thank you Roberto!
On the Jalapeno Poppers, somebody said I've made this recipe countless times for my family
and friends, it's always a hit every time.
Well, that brings me a bunch f joy to my dilly heart, I love to hear that.
I'll tell you what, that is wonderful.
That's what I hope that you always do, I hope that you find these recipes helpful and I
hope that you enjoy them with those that you love the most.
And you know what I love the most right now, is another cup of coffee.
Because I've got a long way's to go tonight and I need my second wind.
How gorgeous is this?
Right?
It was cooking for ten minutes exactly, now let me show you what I've got here, I've got
some bittersweet chocolate, this is not the time to use chocolate chips, you want to use
really good chocolate for this.
Like a good bar of chocolate.
I've melted it, it's pretty much melted all the way.
And I've got some unsalted butter that's been softened at room temperature here, so here's
what I'm going to do.
I'm going to take half the butter, half the chocolate.
And I'm going to mix this until it's incorporated, then I'm going to add the rest of it and I'm
going to whisk this for six minutes, six to eight minutes.
I will show you what it looks like when it's there.
I know it sounds tedious but it's absolutely necessary.
Now that this is incorporated, just about, I'm going to add the rest and I'm going to
go for six whole minutes.
And then I'll show you the last, final step before we let this set in the fridge for many
hours.
Alright it's been eight minutes of whisking like a mad woman, now what I have here is
some heavy cream that I've whipped and I popped into the fridge because I wanted it to stay
cold, so I went ahead and I did that right after I put the pie crust in the oven, now
as you know my pie crust never looks that great, because I can't crimp, I can't make
something look perfect if I tried, and I don't wanna!
Ha!
I like good food and I don't really care if something looks perfect, I like that it's
good, I like that it's made with a lot of heart, that's what's way more important to
me.
You just want to make sure that you fold in all of that beautiful cream, I mean that is
gorgeous in itself, isn't it?
I love that it looks like it's a beautiful marbled delicious bowl of fluffy chocolate
heaven.
And that is what it tastes like by the way.
It's exactly what it tastes like.
Okay, now that this is done, pretty much, we're going to pour into your crust.
Make sure that your crust is cooled, you don't want to have a piping hot pie crust.
Ohh yeah..
Look at that!
You're going to have one of those gorgeous thick slices of pie.
Whooo wee!
I don't do the little wimps like - no way man, uh uh.
There are just no words.
This has to go into your fridge, I leave it uncovered overnight, it needs a lot of time
to set.
I'm going to go do that, I will show you what it looks like when it's done, and I'm going
to go eat that chocolate when you're not looking at me.
Going to pop this in, and you'll just see it in a few second and it's going to be perfect.
I've got a sous chef, if you hadn't noticed - the boss, actually, she's the real chef,
I'm the sous chef.
Right?
Can you say 'Hi Guys!'?
Hi guys!
Say 'My name is Mia!'
Mia!
That's all you get.
You don't get anything else.
Excuse me!
I need that chocolate!
Alright so I love that every time she's in it - that last video she was in someone said
'I'm sorry Laura, were you cooking?'
Because all I can do is pay attention to Mia.
I need the chocolate!
You silly stinker!
The pie was in the fridge overnight, and all I've done is I've taken a cup of heavy cream
and whipped it to about stiff peaks, you don't want to turn it into butter, but you want
it to hold, and I don't sweeten it, because the pie itself is so incredibly rich, so I
am just going to pop this on.
You could do more cream if you wanted to, I don't like the idea of having as much cream
as you do custard because then I feel like you'd lose the intensity of the chocolate.
Smear that real nice.
Now, excuse me while I go and get another half a bar of chocolate that a certain someone
has put her teeth into.
I mean alright.
Mmm!
Be right back.
And I just take a coarse grater and I don't really care if any of the pieces break off,
I actually like that because then you get good nibbly bits as well.
Look at this one over here.
You have no shame - it is yummy huh?
It is so yummy!
Not that she's actually even eating it, but, she thinks she is.
Shave a good amount of chocolate, I am ready for this, I feel like I was born ready to
take a bite of this pie!
What are you saying to daddy?
Here's what I also have here, don't mind my mess, because you know.
I have a paper towel that's wet and you want to make sure that you have it ready because
- yeah?
- Because you want to clean your knife as you cut your slices.
Is it so yummy?
I can't - I know!
Mmm!
So good!
The first slice, as you know, with any pie, the first slice - hmm ahmmm!
Look at this!
Can you just please come close and just admire?
Oh thank you!
Mmm!
Look at that height!
Look at the height of that pie!
There are no words my friend, the only word I'm tryina hear is 'take a bite!'.
Don't mind if I do!
Mmm!
That is the best chocolate pie you will ever sink your teeth into, and I promise you, because
you know me, I'm too greedy of an eater, and I don't waste a single eating opportunity,
so it's gotta be the best, it's gotta be worth it, labor intensive?
sure! but easy!
Easy process, well worth your effort, it's like - if you come close you can actually
see that the custard almost resembles like a mousse.
You see that?
That's what it tastes like, that's what it feels like, it's incredible and the recipe
will be on LauraintheKitchen.com, I'm going to put this down because we actually have
guests for dinner, and that's going to be my slice that I finish, otherwise I'll finish
a slice now and a slice later and I won't be happy about that!
Look at this one!
She is just making a masterpiece with chocolate and any leftover cream in the bowl.
It's pretty.
So pretty!
I hope you guys have enjoyed spending time with us, make this pie this weekend, make
my heart happy and just indulge in the chocolate.
See you guys next time!
Bye!
Say bye bye!
What color is this?
It is blue!
Do you want to try and open it?
Let's open it!
Ohhh!
What color is that?
White.
Who's number one?
And how old are you?
And what's your name?
Can I have a kiss?