Have you seen the movie “Waitress”? If not, you’re missing out on a lovely, quirky, humorous, heart-wrenching piece of American pie! Adrienne Shelly wrote, directed and acted in it- all brilliantly! Please take the time to visit the foundation set up in her honour after she was senselessly murdered before ever having the opportunity to enjoy the success of this work.
In the movie the main character, Jenna, is a brilliant pie baker-maker, who comes up with inventive pies that express her imagination and the emotion of her marriage of unfortunate circumstances- “I don’t want Earl’s Baby Pie”, “Kick in the Pants Pie”, “Bad Baby Pie” and ”Sad Chicago Pie” to name a few. Her ambition is to win $25,000 in a pie baking contest, leave her bad husband and change her life for the better. A group of lovely bloggers over at You Want Pies With That? have decided to hold a once monthly blog event and pie extravaganza to have fun with themed pies. I decided I couldn’t miss out on the chance to join in the fun so here is my first entry to YWPWT round #2 -Pies as a Fashion Statement hosted this month by my friend the lovely, lovely Holly of Phemomenon.
My entry is a cross between a cheesecake and a silk pie, it’s a silky classic cut of pie:
I’m Too Sexy for my Crust- Italian Bittersweet Chocolate Silk Pie
Crust
- 20 chocolate sandwich cookies, crumbled. I use Whole Foods Back to Nature Classic Creme cookies instead of Oreos- imho they taste better and no transfats.
- 2 Tablespoons melted butter
- 3 teaspoons milk
Pulse the cookies in a food processor or roll with a rolling pin until very fine. Put in a bowl and pour the melted butter and milk in and mix well until everything is evenly incorporated. Press into a 9 inch pie plate and evenly make a crust on the bottom and up the sides pressing well. Chill in the fridge for about 10 minutes and bake in a 325F oven for about 8 minutes. Cool completely.
Filling
- 4 ounces of Bittersweet Chocolate, melted
- 3/4 lb of Mascarpone cheese, softened
- 1/2 Tablespoon of instant espresso powder
- 1 Tablespoon boiling water
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup chilled whipping cream, whipped with 1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
Put the pie crust into the fridge to chill while you make the filling. Stir the mascarpone in a medium sized bowl until smooth. Dissolve the espresso powder in the boiling water and add to the cheese along with the vanilla extract. Stir until smooth. Add the chocolate and stir just until evenly blended. Add 1/2 cup of the whipped cream and fold in just until smooth. Fill the pie crust and smooth the top. Top with the remaining whipped cream and chill the pie for a couple of hours before serving.
Have a piece on the catwalk…on the catwalk!
Thanks for letting me join in! Go on over to the YWPWT site and check out all the other pie fashionistas here!
Wow – that is one tasty looking pie! I love mascarpone cheese, so this is one I will keep marked for another time!
That crust is pretty sexy:) Looks awesome!!! Great job!
What a beautiful pie! I love the dark dark color with the white cream. Yum!
That pie is mouth-watering, and I LOVE the name of it!
Great title and RICH looking chocolate pie!!
I am a sucker for cheesecake and chocolate pie so this would be the ultimate pie for me!!! This pie is definitely too sexy for me, lol!
Great interpretation of the theme and yummy looking pie!
Mascarpone and espresso? I’m closing my eyes and dreaming of the taste!
Loving the title:D
Oh Dear God that sounds good. Great entry, and thanks for playing along!
Damn right you are too sexy!
What a wonderful pie. I love espresso, and mascarpone. Mmmm, I will be having sweet, sexy pie dreams now.
This looks delicious. It’s making me hungry!
Awwww, too sexy! This pie looks amazing. Feel free to mail me a slice!
I loved The Waitress. seen it twice;) Your pie looks super sexy (and delish)!!
If it weren’t for the fact that I love you dearly I might have to be upset with you for two reasons -one, I didn’t get any of this pie and two – now I’ve got that song stuck in my head!!! I LOVE IT!!! Gabs, you rock! This looks so fabulously yummy! Thank you, thank you for playing along and supporting my crazy theme!
That is a sexy pie!! Sounds delicious. I really want to see that movie – sounds like I need to go out and rent it!
What a great name for your pie. It looks fantastic!
Your silk pie sounds fabulous! Simple, classic, rich, chic — quite a fashion statement!
Oh dear lord!!!! That is the kind of pie that one dreams about.
Cannot wait to try it out.
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