Recipe: Chocolate Pie

Your mom deserves a special meal on her special day. This year, give her the royal treatment by serving this divine, chocolaty treat. I promise she will love it!

For the crust:



For the pie filling:



Method

For the crust:

•  Knead all of the ingredients together to make dough.

•  Spread the dough on a flat, buttered pan.


•  Bake the dough for about 20 minutes or until it becomes slightly brown. Retrieve it from the oven and set aside.

For the filling:

•  In a large saucepan, cook the flour, sugar, salt, milk, egg yolks and cocoa powder together, at medium heat for about seven minutes, until it thickens.

•  Remove the chocolate mixture from heat and mix in the vanilla essence and butter.

•  Pour the chocolate filling into the baked pie shell.

•  Bake the pie for about 10 to 15 minutes, at 250^o.

•  For added taste, serve with freshly whipped cream. Your Mother’s Day treat is now ready!

Gulnaz Mondegarian is an expert in Iranian cuisine who has co-hosted Food Diaries alongside Zarnak Sidhwa to celebrate Community Food Week

Published in The Express Tribune, Ms T, May 11^th, 2014.