French Silk Pie Recipe

Ingredients

• 8 tbsp (1 stick) chilled butter, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1/3 cup pecan halves
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup firmly packed light-brown sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 4 tsp water
• for the filling-
• 12 tbsp (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
• 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs (pasteurized if you're concerned with eating raw eggs)
• for the topping-
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 tbsp granulated sugar
• shaved chocolate, for topping if desired
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