Torta De Chocolate (chocolate Pie)

Total Time: 1 hr 1 min Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 16 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 16 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup butter
• 5 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 to prepare the pastry: sift the flour, cocoa and salt together into a bowl.
• 2 cut the butter into the flour mixture with a pastry blender or 2 knives until it resembles coarse meal.
• 3 add the sour cream and knead into a ball.
• 4 divide into 4 equal pieces and refrigerate 2 hours.
• 5 on a floured board, roll each piece of dough out to a 10 x 10 inch square.
• 6 place each square on a buttered baking sheet, prick all over with a fork and bake in a 400f degree oven 10 minutes.
• 7 carefully transfer the pastry squares to wire racks to cool.
• 8 they will be very fragile.
• 9 to prepare the filling: place the chocolate, cream and butter in a saucepan and stir over low heat until the chocolate and butter are melted.
• 10 beat the egg yolks until thick.
• 11 beat in a few tablespoons of the hot chocolate mixture and stir back into the hot chocolate.
• 12 stir in the vanilla and let the mixture cool to spreading consistency.
• 13 do not refrigerate or it will be too stiff to spread.
• 14 place 1 pastry layer on a serving plate and spread with the filling.
• 15 continue layering, leaving the nicest looking pastry square for the top.
• 16 sift powdered sugar over the top layer.
• 17 using a pastry bag fitted with a star tube, decorate the top layer with a little of the leftover filling.