Black Bottom Pie

Description
Contributed by World Recipes Y-Group

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Ingredients

 * 90 grams butter
 * ¼ cup castor sugar
 * 1 egg
 * 1 cup plain flour
 * ¼ cup self-rising flour
 * ½ cup thickened cream
 * 30 grams dark chocolate

Filling

 * 1 tablespoon gelatine
 * ¼ cup milk
 * ¼ cup castor sugar
 * 3 teaspoons cornflour
 * 1 cup milk -- extra
 * 3 eggs -- separated
 * 60 grams dark chocolate -- melted
 * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
 * ¼ cup castor sugar -- extra

Directions

 * 1) Cream butter and sugar in a small bowl with electric mixer until just combined, add egg, beat until just combined, stir in sifted flours in 2 batches.
 * 2) Turn dough onto floured surface, knead gently until smooth; cover, refrigerate 30 minutes.
 * 3) Roll pastry on floured surface large enough to fit 23 cm pie plate.
 * 4) Place pastry in plate, trim edge, prick pastry all over with fork.
 * 5) Bake in moderately hot oven about 15 minutes or until browned; cool.
 * 6) Spread chocolate custard into pastry case; refrigerate until firm.
 * 7) Spread vanilla custard into pastry case; refrigerate until firm.
 * 8) Spread whipped cream over custard, sprinkle with extra chocolate.

Filling

 * 1) Sprinkle gelatine over milk in cup.
 * 2) Blend sugar and cornflour with extra milk in pan, stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens; remove from heat.
 * 3) Quickly stir in egg yolks, then gelatine mixture; stir until smooth.
 * 4) Divide custard in 2 bowls.
 * 5) Stir chocolate into one bowl.
 * 6) Cover both bowls, cool to room temperature.
 * 7) Stir essence into plain custard.
 * 8) Beat egg whites in small bowl with electric mixer until soft peaks form, gradually add extra sugar; beat until dissolved between additions.
 * 9) Fold egg white mixture into vanilla custard in 2 batches.
 * 10) Spread mixture over chocolate custard; refrigerate until firm.