Amanda's Espresso Chocolate Pie

Name: Amanda's Espresso Chocolate Pie
Total time: 345
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon butter, or as needed; 1 ¾ cups graham cracker crumbs; 3 tablespoons white sugar; 1 pinch salt; 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly; 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped; 1 tablespoon unsalted butter; ⅓ cup whipping cream; ½ teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract; 2 cups cold whipping cream; 2 tablespoons powdered sugar; 4 ounces cream cheese, softened; 1 ½ cups milk; 3 tablespoons brewed coffee; 1 cup instant vanilla pudding mix; 2 tablespoons instant coffee granules; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 egg, beaten; 1 ounce chocolate curls, or as needed

Recipe by amandascookin from allrecipes.com

Dessert 6 Hr. 45 Mins.

Ingredients

12 servings

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1 teaspoon butter, or as needed
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1 ¾ cups graham cracker crumbs
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3 tablespoons white sugar
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1 pinch salt
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4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
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6 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
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1 tablespoon unsalted butter
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⅓ cup whipping cream
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½ teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract

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2 cups cold whipping cream
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2 tablespoons powdered sugar
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4 ounces cream cheese, softened
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1 ½ cups milk
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3 tablespoons brewed coffee
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1 cup instant vanilla pudding mix
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2 tablespoons instant coffee granules
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 egg, beaten
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1 ounce chocolate curls, or as needed

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9-inch springform pan.
Stir graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and salt together in a bowl. Add melted butter, using your fingers to combine until moistened. Pat the mixture into the bottom and halfway up the sides of the prepared pan. Place the pan onto a cookie sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 10 minutes. Set aside.
Place chopped chocolate and butter for the ganache in a glass or metal bowl over simmering water; stir occasionally as it begins to melt. When almost melted, slowly add cream and vanilla extract. Stir until smooth and completely melted. Pour ganache into the crust; spread evenly and set aside.
Stir clear vanilla extract into whipping cream in a bowl. Sift in powdered sugar and beat using an electric mixer with a whisk attachment on medium speed until stiff peaks form. Reserve 1 1/2 cups whipped cream for filling; refrigerate the rest until needed.
Beat cream cheese in another bowl until smooth. Add milk and brewed coffee gradually, scraping down the sides of the bowl occasionally. Turn off the mixer and use a whisk to combine smaller pieces of cream cheese with the milk.
Combine pudding mix and ground coffee in a separate bowl; whisk into milk mixture. Whisk in reserved 1 1/2 cups of the whipped cream. Pour filling into a medium saucepan.
Heat filling over medium-low heat. Whisk in beaten egg slowly; continue to whisk until you have a very thick custard, 7 to 10 minutes. Do not allow to stick to the bottom of the pan. Remove from heat. Whisk pudding in the pan and run through a strainer into a bowl. Place a layer of plastic wrap directly onto the pudding and refrigerate to cool, 30 to 40 minutes.
Whisk pudding mixture again until smooth and pour into the pie shell on top of ganache. Top with remaining chilled whipped cream.
Refrigerate for at least 4 hours, to overnight. Remove from the refrigerator 1 hour before ready to serve. Garnish with chocolate curls.