Ingredients
6 ounces bittersweet chocolate
1½ sticks unsalted butter
6 tablespoons whole milk
6 tablespoons cream
2 teaspoons vanilla
1½ cups sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
5 eggs
2½ tablespoons cornmeal
1 cup pecan halves
1 pie shell, par baked (pre baked for 15 minutes in 350 degree oven)
Bourbon Vanilla Bean Caramel Sauce
1¾ cups sugar
3 tablespoons water
½ cup cream, room temperature
4 sticks unsalted butter, sliced, room temperature
½ vanilla bean
2 tablespoons bourbon
Directions
- For pie, melt chocolate and butter together over a double boiler. While still warm, stir in milk, cream, and vanilla until homogenous.
- Stir in the sugar and salt.
- Combine eggs and cornmeal in a bowl and then add to the chocolate mixture, stirring until smooth. Pour into a par-baked pie shell and then top the filling with whole pecan halves.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 45-60 minutes.
- For bourbon vanilla cream sauce, combine sugar and water in a small saucepan. Stir until sugar is fully moistened.
- Place pan over medium heat and cook without stirring until sugar begins to caramelize around the edges. Once sugar is a medium brown color around edges, turn off heat and gently swirl pan until sugar is the same color throughout. Note: Be careful because the sugar is VERY hot.
