BM# 74: Week 4/ Day 3
Theme: Kid’s Delight — Easter Treats
Dish: Mocha Cream Pie
For the last day of this month’s blogging marathon, I made this creamy and decadent Mocha Cream Pie. This recipe is from Art of Pie cookbook — as the name suggests this book is filled with amazing recipes for pie crusts and various fillings that go into them. 
I wanted to make a dessert with chocolate for Kid’s Delight — Easter treats event (being held right here on Cook’s Hideout — Kid’s delight is a monthly event started by Valli). I found this easy to make no-bake pie recipe in the Art of Pie book and knowing my family’s love of chocolate, I wanted to give it a try.
The best part of this recipe is the nutty crust made entirely with almond flour and hazelnut flours. It’s gluten free and if you use vegan butter — it can vegan too. I recently bought hazelnut flour from King Arthur and I was very excited to use it in this recipe.
One thing to keep in mind is that the pie crust and the filling need to be chilled for a few hours before the pie is assembled. So keep that in mind while planning to make this dessert. The mocha cream is cooked in a saucepan, chilled and poured into the crust. If you like just chocolate cream pie, then leave the espresso out.
Top the pie with some whipped cream and serve with a few berries. I just sprinkled the top with some toasted blanched almonds. This is a great make ahead dessert that both kids and adults would enjoy!!
Lets check out what my fellow marathoners have cooked today for BM# 74.
- 1 cup Almond Meal aka Almond flour
- 1 cup Hazelnut Meal aka Hazelnut flour
- 2 tbsp sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- 5 tbsp Unsalted Butter, melted
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 tbsp Cocoa Powder
- 1 tbsp Espresso powder
- ¼ cup cornstarch
- 1 tbsp all purpose flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2½ cups Milk (dairy or non-dairy), Half-n-half or Lite Coconut milk*
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 Egg yolks
- 2 oz. unsweetened chocolate
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- As needed Whipped Cream, for topping
- Combine almond meal, hazelnut meal, sugar and salt in a bowl. Add the melted butter -- mix well until the ingredients are well incorporated.
- Pour the mixture into a 9" pie pan, spread out evenly and press firmly into place -- use the back of a measuring cup to do this easily.
- Chill the pie crust for 2 hours before using.
- In a medium sauce pan, combine the sugar, cocoa powder, espresso powder, cornstarch, all purpose flour and salt.
- Whisk in ½ cup of the milk or half-n-half and whisk until the mixture is smooth. Whisk in the remaining 2 cups of milk or half-n-half.
- Stir in vanilla, egg yolks and whisk until combined. Make sure there are no lumps.
- Place the saucepan over medium-high heat and cook the mixture, stirring constantly until it starts to bubble and thicken, this takes about 6~8 minutes.
- Cook for 2 more minutes and remove from the heat.
- Stir in the chopped unsweetened chocolate and butter and let sit for a few minutes to melt. Stir to blend.
- Pour the hot mixture into a bowl and place a plastic wrap right on top to prevent skin from forming. Refrigerate the filling for 2~4 hours or until the mixture is completely cool.
- Pour the chilled mocha cream into the chilled pie shell and spread evenly. Top with the whipped cream and serve right away.
- I used Unsweetened Almond Milk.
Priya Suresh
Omg, this pie is a real torture, give me a super huge slice Pavani, am just drooling here.
Sarita
Mocha cream pie looks stunning! Must have tasted awesome.
Rafeeda - The Big Sweet Tooth
Just looking at that pie, I am salivating… everything in the pie from the crust to the filling is just tempting…
Vaishali Sabnani
Oh man I am drooling !..it is a real sinful dessert.
Sandhiya
OMG,that’s a delicious looking pie.Would love to grab a piece.
Rajani
Oh that pie is making me hungry!
sushma
Wow, such a delicious looking pie.
Srividhya
delicious, sinful , gorgeous, lipsmacking I can keep adding to this list. great share.
ruchi indu
wow very lovely looking pies…
themadscientistskitchen
Pavani I just had lunch n now this dessert is making me hungry all over again.
Suma Gandlur
That sounds yummy and love the nut meal base as well.
Srivalli
Such a sinful dessert Pavani..this reminds me that I got to check on the roundup!..