Thoroughbred Pie

Name: Thoroughbred Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 (9-inch) unbaked, pie shell; 3 ounces (85 grams), bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine; 8 tablespoons (1 stick), unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces; 3 tablespoons, bourbon; 3/4 cup (5¼ ounces/149 grams), granulated sugar; 1/2 cup packed (3½ ounces/99 grams), light brown sugar; 2 tablespoons, cornstarch; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 2 , large eggs plus 1 yolk, lightly beaten; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cups, walnuts, toasted and chopped

Desserts or Baked Goods
Southern
Chocolate
Dessert Pies

By Erika Bruce ･ Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2011

What better way to top off the Kentucky Derby than with a slice of chocolate-walnut-bourbon pie? None, as long as you rein in the runaway sweetness.

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Perfect Pie

SERVES 8

TIME 1¾ hours, plus 1 hour chilling and 4 hours cooling

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