Tenina.com's Chocolate Silk Pie

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  1. Line the base of a 16cm springform tin with baking paper and set aside.

  2. Crust Toast pecans and walnuts by placing into a cold oven set to 200°C and baking 14 minutes.

  3. With nuts still hot, place all crust ingredients into TM bowl and blend 10 sec/speed 8.

  4. Press into prepared tin and refrigerate until solid. (At least 30 minutes before proceeding with filling.)

  5. Filling Place chocolate and butter into TM bowl and melt 15 min/37°C/speed soft. Stop and scrape down sides of bowl occasionally as needed.

  6. Either transfer to a mixing bowl or use your second TM bowl for remaining filling process.

  7. Place sugar, eggs and vanilla bean paste into clean, dry TM bowl and whip 10 min/60°C/Butterfly/speed 3. Remove Butterfly.

  8. Add chocolate mixture and cream and blend 10 sec/speed 5. Scrape down sides of bowl and repeat.

  9. Pour into base and set for several hours (minimum of 3).

  10. Topping Whip cream with a little sugar 20-40 sec/Butterfly/speed 4 and pipe or spread on top of filling. Garnish with sieved cocoa or chocolate shavings if desired.

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I would never use a dark chocolate for this tart, it is just too much. So go with the dark milk, which pretty well suits all chocolate palates!

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