Today on The Stay At Home Chef I'm showing you how to make a
Decadent S'mores Pie
Tthis ain't no cheater s'mores pie either. We're making from
scratch goodness that is going to be divine/ We'll start with a homemade
graham cracker crust, move on to a homemade fudge filling and finally top
it off with a sweet Italian meringue that tastes just like marshmallow.
You are going to love it! We'll go ahead and start with our crust. You'll need
1 1/2 cups of crushed graham cracker get that into a mixing bowl along with
1/3 cup of sugar and then 6 tablespoons of melted butter and toss this all
together with a fork until everything is moistened and that is it for the crust
Graham cracker crusts are super easy. Next you'll need a pie plate and you
want a regular-sized one not a deep dish just a regular size. I'll transfer all of
the crust ingredients in there. Make sure you get everything and then press
it into the bottom and onto the sides of the pie plate. I like to work my way
around the edges and clean it up a little bit so it has a nice clean finish
to the crust/ Bake your crust in a 375-degree oven for about 6 minutes then
pull it out and let it cool Meanwhile we're gonna head on over to the stove
and start cooking our hot fudge filling in a saucepan over medium-high heat add
in 1/2 cup of butter, 2 cups of sugar 2/3 of a cup of chocolate chips,
1/3 cup of cocoa powder and 1 can of evaporated milk. Let everything melt and
come to a boil and then reduce the heat to medium-low and keep cooking for
another 7 minutes stirring constantly. After 7 minutes remove the saucepan from
the heat and stir in 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. Then take your hot fudge
and pour it all into a blender. We're gonna pop the lid on and then
we're gonna blend this for two whole minutes/ Now since it's hot you want to
make sure that you have venting up top otherwise the heat will cause pressure
to build up and you may have an explosive mess on your hands. So we'll
blend this for two minutes
Once it's done blending simply pour all that hot fudge directly onto your baked
pie crust/ Let the pie cool for a bit and then pop it into the fridge to cool off
completely before moving on to the last step which is to make your sweet Italian
meringue. To make your meringue get a small saucepan heating over medium-high
heat and add in 1 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup of water/ Give this a stir and
continue heating it until it reaches 240 degrees Fahrenheit. While that's coming
to temperature I'm going to start whipping some egg whites. I have four egg whites
that are at room temperature. Those whip the best. I'm gonna pour that
into the bowl of my stand mixer along with1/2 teaspoon of cream of tartar
which will help stabilize the egg whites. Then I'm gonna get this beating and I'm
going to let this continue to beat until the egg whites reach a soft peak. Not a
stiff peak/ Now you can see soft peaks because when you pull it up a little
peak will form but it will soon collapse back on itself/ Now at this point our
syrup over there should be just about at 240 degrees so I'm gonna grab that, give
it a final check here with the thermometer and we should see this go
right up to 240 degrees which is exactly where we want it to be. There it is
We'll bring this over to the egg whites and we'll get our mixer going again look at
it going a little bit faster and then slowly pour the simple syrup in
with the egg whites in a nice slow steady stream. Let this mixture beat
until stiff peaks form which will take about 90 seconds.
Then I'm gonna scoop this directly on top of my chilled pie. I'm gonna spread it out
You want to cover the top and then dab on it to get nice little peaks and mounds.
Now the great thing about Italian meringue is that it can be eaten plain
you don't have to bake it but since this is a s'mores pie we want to give it that
nice toasted look so you can either use a torch or pop it into your oven under
the broiler setting In the broil setting the heat comes from above so that flame
up there is going to toast off our meringue. It should really only take a
couple of minutes to toast so keep a close eye on it so it doesn't burn.
Once it's done you're ready to eat.
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