Mississippi Mud Pie Recipe
Ingredients
| Eggs | 3 , separated | |
| Cornstarch | 20 Milliliter | |
| Superfine sugar | 75 Gram | |
| 400 ml/14fl oz/1 3/4 cups milk | ||
| Semi-sweet chocolate | 150 Gram, broken | |
| Vanilla essence | 5 Milliliter | |
| 15 ml/1 tbsp powdered gelatine | ||
| 45 ml/3 tbsp water | ||
| 30 ml/2 tsp dark rum | ||
| Double cream | 175 Gram, Whipped | |
| A few chocolate curls, to decorate | ||
| All purpose flour | 250 Gram (For the pastry) | |
| 150 g/5 oz/2/3 cup butter, diced | ||
| Egg yolks | 2 (For the pastry) | |
| 15-30 ml/1-2 tbsp chilled water | ||
Directions
1. To make the pastry, sift the flour into a bowl and rub or cut in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in the egg yolks with just enough chilled water to make a soft dough.
2. Roll out on a lightly floured surface and use to line a deep 23cm/9in flan tin (quiche pan). Chill for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Prick the pastry all over with a fork, line with foil and baking beans, then bake blind for 10 minutes.
3. Remove the foil and beans, return the pie to the oven and bake for about 10 minutes more until the pastry is crisp and golden. Cool in the tin.
4. To make the custard filling, mix the egg yolks, cornflour and 30ml/2 tbsp of the sugar in a bowl. Heat the milk in a pan until almost boiling, then beat into
5. Return the custard mixture to the cleaned pan and stir over a low heat until the custard has thickened and is smooth. Pour half the custard into a bowl.
6. Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of hot water, then add to the custard in the bowl. Add the vanilla essence and mix well. Spread in the pastry case, cover closely with some baking parchment to prevent a skin from forming, cool, then chill until set.
2. Roll out on a lightly floured surface and use to line a deep 23cm/9in flan tin (quiche pan). Chill for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Prick the pastry all over with a fork, line with foil and baking beans, then bake blind for 10 minutes.
3. Remove the foil and beans, return the pie to the oven and bake for about 10 minutes more until the pastry is crisp and golden. Cool in the tin.
4. To make the custard filling, mix the egg yolks, cornflour and 30ml/2 tbsp of the sugar in a bowl. Heat the milk in a pan until almost boiling, then beat into
5. Return the custard mixture to the cleaned pan and stir over a low heat until the custard has thickened and is smooth. Pour half the custard into a bowl.
6. Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of hot water, then add to the custard in the bowl. Add the vanilla essence and mix well. Spread in the pastry case, cover closely with some baking parchment to prevent a skin from forming, cool, then chill until set.
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