In the movie, the protagonist, Julie Powell, a call center support employee turned food blogger/writer, can be seen first making a gorgeous mound of what seems to be heavenly chocolate cream. We saw it while drooling over the Chocolate Cream Pie, she together with her husband were comfortly enjoying. My kids would touch the TV screen as if they would want to dip their fingers into it while shouting, "Mommy, gawa ka 'non (make that)!"
As it was, after a day full of rolling on my bed, I was dreaming of making that and having my favorite chocolates over that pie filling. The next thing we did is to hit the grocery store for the ingredients, and what do you know, as always, heavens have been on my daughter's shoulder again. For on that same day, when we get to visit my brother's in laws who came from Milan, the kids got a big jar of Nutella, oh it was heaven for her, the only time the folks saw Dana smile!
Oh, did I tell you that no baking is required for this?
Here is the recipe...
Gastronomy By Joy's Nutella Cream Pie
Ingredients:
Crust
25 pieces of Oreos (you can use either vanilla or Chocolate filling)
4 TBSP unsalted butter, melted
pint of iodized salt
Filling
2/3 cup Nutella Spread
1/3 cup all purpose flour
2 cups milk
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
3 egg yolks
2 TBSP butter
1 tsp vanilla extract, (I used 1/3 vanilla seeds from a pod)
Topping:
All purpose cream or double whipped cream
powdered sugar (optional)
chopped dark chocolates (I used Lindth Dark Chocolate with a touch of Sea Salt)
1. Grind the Oreos finely on a food processor, if you don't have one, put it in a plastic bag that's tough enough not to split when poked, and use a heavy wooden rolling pin to crush the cookies with its filling. 2. Mix in the butter and the salt.
3. Spread evenly on a pie plate while compacting and making sure it stick to the plate.
4. Chill on the refrigerator.
To make the filling:
1. Combine the Nutella, flour, milk, and chocolate chips on a saucepan, stirring constantly. Cook over medium heat until mixture begin to bubble, continue stirring for 2 minutes.
2. Mix a little of the hot mixture into the egg yolks, beating rapidly to avoid cooking the yolks.
3. Stir the warm yolk mixture to the remainder of the chocolate mixture and cook for an additional 90 seconds. Remove from heat, and stir in butter and vanilla.
4. Pour filling into the pie shell and chill until set.
5. Top with cream and shaved dark chocolates or any chocolates of your choice or Oreo crumbs.
I can truly say it is as easy as pie!
Try it and see for yourself.
But beware, you'll get chocoholic even before you start with this pie project.
