Chocolate Buttermilk Pie With Whiskey And Almonds Recipes

CHOCOLATE BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• 1. Combine sugar and butter and mix until well blended.
• 2. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, and mix well.
• 3. Combine and whisk the flour, cocoa, and salt until mixed. Then add to the butter mixture.
• 4. Add buttermilk and vanilla to the mixture. Stir until well mixed.
• 5. Pour into pie shells and bake at 350 for 45 minutes. Or, as oven temperatures vary, bake as long as it takes for the pie to be firm and not jiggle in the middle.
• 6. Cool completely before cutting. Store leftover pie in the refrigerator.
• 7. Note: I used an electric mixer though this recipe can easily be mixed by hand. Adapted from Karen's Buttermilk Pie My older sister Karen always made the Buttermilk Pie for our Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner, and though I'm not sure where she got her recipe, I am sure that it was the best Buttermilk Pie that anyone in our family ever made. Yes, even better than mine. My beloved sister passed away in 1999 a few days after Christmas. The following year I decided to make her Buttermilk Pie in honor of her. I contacted family members and began a search for her recipe. To my dismay no one had it. My mother said my sister had written down the recipe for her, however, after searching she could not find it either. Each year I make a buttermilk pie from recipes I have found in books and online and none of them tasted the same. I am happy to say that while looking through old recipes of my mother's, after 13 years, I found my sister's handwritten recipe in time to bake it for Thanksgiving and my family got to enjoy a piece of Karen's Buttermilk Pie as we reminisced about her and holidays past.

CHOCOLATE BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Position a rack in the center of the oven.
• Place the chocolate chips in a double boiler and melt over low heat, stirring constantly.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugar, flour, and salt until well combined. In a large mixing bowl, combine the eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla. Add the sugar mixture and mix with an electric hand mixer or whisk vigorously. With a rubber spatula, stir the melted chocolate into the batter.
• Pour batter into the piecrust; you will have about 1 cup of left-over batter. Place pie in oven on middle rack. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 25 minutes, or until the pie is crisp on top and a knife inserted in the center comes out with just a bit of moist chocolate on it.
• Remove from oven and cool completely. Let stand at least 1 hour before serving. If not eating immediately, refrigerate pie. This pie can be served warm or chilled. Garnish with store-bought whipped cream just before serving.

CHOCOLATE BUTTERMILK PIE WITH WHISKEY AND ALMONDS

Steps:

• Place pastry crust in a pie plate. Refrigerate for 20 to 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine white sugar, brown sugar, flour, cocoa powder, cornmeal, and salt in a small bowl.
• Whisk eggs, buttermilk, butter, whiskey, and vanilla paste together in a large bowl. Add sugar mixture and blend until smooth. Stir in almonds by hand until incorporated. Pour mixture into the chilled pastry crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crust is golden and center is set, 50 to 60 minutes. Transfer pie to a wire rack and cool to room temperature before serving.