Frozen Chocolate Fudge Pie

Ingredients

• 1 cup walnut halves
• toasted
• 8 ounces chocolate
• broken into pieces
• 34 cup sugar
• 14 cup boiling water
• 4 eggs
• 34 cup butter
• room temperature
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee powder
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 14 cup flour
• 1 cup whipping cream
• well chilled
• 14 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Lightly oil 5 cup glass pie plate.
3. In a food processor, coarsely chop walnuts.
4. Coarsely chop 3 oz chocolate.
5. Add to walnuts.
6. Chop remaining chocolate with sugar then mix until cocolate is as fine as sugar.
7. With machine running, pour 1/4 cup boiling water and blend until chocolate is melted.
8. Add eggs and blend 30 - 45 seconds, stopping once to scrape down sides.
9. Add butter, coffee and vanilla and mix for 1 minute.
10. Add flour to the chopped walnut chocolate mixture and blend until just combined, about 5 seconds.
11. Spoon mixture into prepared pan.
12. Bake until edges are set and centre is slightly soft, about 30 - 35 minutes.
13. Cool completely.
14. Freeze pie at least 4 hours.
15. Remove from freezer 15 minutes before serving.
16. Cut into wedges and garnish each serving with the Whipped Cream Topping.