Chocolate SweeTEA Pie
By: Bigelow Tea
Published: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 3:11pm

Ingredients




8 Bigelow® Sweetheart Cinnamon Herb Tea Bags*
¾ cups hot whole milk
10 graham crackers, broken into pieces
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
4 large egg yolks
¼ cup cornstarch
¼ teaspoon salt
6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 - 9" pie plate
Whipped Cream:
1 cup cold whipping cream or heavy cream
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees and set the rack on the middle setting. 2 Place the graham crackers into the work bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Pulse until crackers are fine crumbs.  Add 2 tablespoons of sugar and melted butter, and pulse until combined. 3 Pour mixture into the pie plate and press firmly onto the bottom and sides. 4 Bake for 10 minutes until lightly golden.  Cool completely on a wire rack. 5 Meanwhile, place tea bags in the hot milk. Allow to steep for 5-7 minutes, and then remove tea bags, gently squeezing out liquid from bags. 6 In a medium, heavy-bottomed saucepan, whisk together the egg yolks, 2/3 cup of sugar, cornstarch and salt.  Place pan on stove top and turn heat to medium-high.  While whisking, add tea infused milk.  Bring mixture to a low simmer while whisking vigorously.  While continuing to whisk, add chocolate chips.  Continue to whisk mixture at a low simmer until thickened into a custard, about 5-7 minutes total. 7 Pour chocolate custard into cooled crust. Allow to cool completely before topping with whipped cream. 8 Meanwhile, make the whipped cream. Place all ingredients in a large bowl.  Using an electric mixer, beat until stiff peaks are formed.  Spoon or pipe onto the cooled chocolate pie.   Place entire pie into refrigerator to chill approximately 3 hours.  Serve chilled.

About

This decadent pie is a perfect way to end Valentine's Day dinner with your sweetheart.   Bigelow's  ® Sweetheart Cinnamon or Raspberry RoyaleTM tea infuses the filling with flavor, making it an extra special treat.