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Cream Puff Pie

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup water
  • ¼ cup butter
  • pinch salt
  • ½ cup flour
  • 2 eggs

Chocolate suace

  • ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • ½ cup heavy cream

Pastry Cream

  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 5.1 oz package instant vanilla pudding

Whipped Cream

  • ¾ cup heavy cream
  • 3 T. sugar

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  • Butter 9 inch pie dish.
  • In a saucepan over medium bring water, butter and salt to a boil.
  • On low, add flour stirring constantly.
  • Once it pulls away from sides, add one egg at a time and mix well.
  • Press in pan and halfway up sides.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 30- 35 minutes until golden brown.
  • Cool.

Chocolate sauce

  • In a pot over medium, combine chocolate and 1/2 cup heavy cream just till melted and smooth.
  • Let cool.

Pastry cream

  • In a mixer beat milk, cream and pudding mix until thick.
  • Spread into cooled shell.

Cream

  • Whip cream to soft peaks and add sugar-beat to combine.
  • Spread over pastry cream and chill.
  • Once cold, drizzle on the cooled chocolate and store in fridge.
  • To prepare sweetened whipped cream
  • In a large mixing bowl, using an electric hand mixer, whip 3/4 cup heavy cream until soft peaks form. Add in granulated sugar and whip until stiff peaks form. Spread sweetened whipped cream evenly over pastry cream layer.
  • Cut pie into slices and drizzle each slice with cooled chocolate sauce. Serve immediately. Note: this pie is best served the day prepared. Also note, the sweetened whipped cream will begin to separate after about 3 hours so plan accordingly. Store in refrigerator in an airtight container.