The help and That Chocolate Pie...Minnie's Chocolate Pie.

This year I celebrated my first thanksgiving...I had no idea what the heck to make besides a Shepherd's Pie and a chocolate pie but not just any chocolate pie! - Minnie's chocolate pie. So I googled and I found this Minny's Chocolate Pie...is this really THE recipe? who the hell knows! but I googled the recipe after I bought what I thought the recipe would use - which sadly was nothing I bought except the frozen dough pie crust. So naturally I was like this BIG FROWNY FACE...then I rant about why we have to live out in the middle of nowhere. Thankfully the great thing about baking is you can always substitute ingredients and still get a pretty amazing result!

So here is my easy as pie not fancy but what you would find in your fridge/pantry recipe for Chocolate pie.

1 frozen short crust pie crust (FYI I don't know what it is about the stater bros pie crust but I dislike it greatly! its kinda too salty...)

about 3oz mini semi sweet chocolate chips

3 tablespoons of salted butter 

2 cups of french vanilla half and half

2 large eggs beaten

preheat your oven to 350F centre rack. * as you make the filling its a good idea to pre bake or "dry out" your pie crust. Do whatever you want to prevent a soggy bottom!

In a bowl over a pot of boiling water, place the choc chips and the butter, using a hand whisk mix it as it melts. Then add a dash of the half and half, mix well and continue to slowly add the half and half mixture into the chocolate while whisking ( don't just dump it in all at once or too fast as the chocolate will start to solidify!) til it is combined and silky. Beat your eggs in a separate bowl then slowly whisk in your chocolate mixture. Place crust onto a baking tray that can hold a bit of water. then fill your crust, place in oven then pour hot water into the baking tray. bake til firm but wobbly in the centre at about 25mins you will want to check. the last thing you want is a souffled custard pie! Be careful removing the tray from the oven, the gently remove the pie from the tray and cool thoroughly before chilling.

 Ant and I don't really have anyone out here so we invited a couple of his marine buddies who like us were stranded and our closest neighbours. We got the biggest turkey we could find 24lbs of birdy goodness to be exact. Seriously I didn't think we would have enough food besides the turkey but damn we were so stuffed, we didn't even get to dessert. But damn that pie was delicious when we finally got to taste it!