Chocolate Chess Pie

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2015

We knew that introducing smooth, silky chocolate to this simple Southern pie would instantly elevate the dish, if only we could make it work. (We did.)

SERVES 8 to 12

TIME 1¾ hours, plus 4½ hours cooling

Chocolate Chess Pie

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

A catchall term for a kind of one-crust custard pie, English settlers brought chess pie to the new world as early as the 17th century. Originating from an archaic English spelling of cheese (“chese”), this word was used to signify the types...

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