The Help is one of my all time favourite movies. I watched it again recently and it made me laugh and cry. If you haven't seen it definitely watch it! Anyway, one of my favourite things about the movie is Minny's Chocolate Pie! Honestly, everytime the pie comes on screen I drool and want to reach through the screen to take it and eat it! Near the beginning of the movie Aibleen's character says that Minny is the best cook in Mississippi and her chocolate pie is almost like a character in the movie, it is central to the plot.
Ever since I first saw the movie I've wanted to make the chocolate pie. This weekend I was in the mood to do some baking so I bought the ingredients that I needed yesterday and made the pie this morning.
Ingredients I used:
Pastry Sheets (which I found in Tesco), Granulated Sugar, Cocoa Powder, Unsalted Butter, Evaporated Milk, Eggs, Salt and Vanilla Essence.
I used the following two sources when making the pie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjdCleGL0pw and http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/minnys-chocolate-pie. For details on measurements of ingredients click on either of these links. I used a combination of both.
Method:
Line a tin (I only had a sandwich tin to hand so used that) with the pastry sheet. Cook for 15 minutes (Gas Mark 4).
Whisk the sugar and cocoa powder together. Add the melted butter and evaporated milk. Whisk together and add in the eggs, salt and vanilla essence. Pour the mixture into the sandwich tin and bake for 45 minutes.
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| How the pie looked before it went into the oven for 45 minutes. |
As the pie was cooking the smell of chocolate was filling the air. I couldn't wait to try a slice!
This was my first attempt at making a pie so my pastry/pie skills aren't very good yet. I don't think the pastry cooked as well as it was supposed to but practice makes perfect. Next time I'll use a deeper tin as I don't think the tin I used was deep enough. It was the only one I had though so had to make do today.
Post written by Nabs.
