I didn’t know there could be a sequel to “The most effective chocolate pie” till cousin Phyllis phoned Mother final Monday.
She provided a rebuttal in the best way of her personal recipe for chocolate chess pie, which she’s been making for greater than 50, maybe nearer to 60, years.
“My Aunt Bonnie gave me this recipe after I bought married,” Phyllis (Hunt Manis) instructed me just a few days later. “So I do know I’ve been making it greater than 50 years.”
I name Phyllis “cousin” as I do all my cousins-in-law. She and my first cousin, Waymond Manis (son of Mother’s late sister Ann Wallen Manis Addington) married within the mid Sixties, after I was a toddler who lived to torment my “new” cousin Phyllis, who together with her blond hair and svelte determine I likened to Doris Day.
Phyllis has gained many awards through the years for her cooking and baking expertise. So I wasn’t insulted that she would name to supply me the “actual strategy to make a chocolate chess pie.”
Her paternal aunt, Bonnie Hunt Justis, lived in Greeneville for a few years the place her husband owned a “filling station” and at one time had the contract to supply bus transportation to Eastman workers who wanted to get from Greeneville and environs to the plant every shift every day.
In addition they at one level owned a grocery retailer within the Baileyton space of Greene County, Phyllis stated, which by some means included her Aunt Bonnie making ready and serving meals.
“Aunt Bonnie all the time was a very good prepare dinner,” Phyllis stated. “She despatched me many recipes through the years. However the chocolate chess pie was the primary she despatched me after I was a newlywed. She stated it’s the best factor to make to take someplace in a rush since you’ve all the time bought all the things to go in it already in your kitchen — so long as you’ve bought Hershey’s cocoa. She stated for those who want pies to take when there’s been a demise in a neighbor’s household, fire up two pies and take these and you will get it executed in a rush.”
The pie recipe I revealed in my column final week is known as chocolate chess pie, and I promoted the benefit with which it’s made.
Phyllis stated she hadn’t made the recipe I printed, however she thought her Aunt Bonnie’s recipe sounded a lot simpler and left fewer dishes and utensils to wash up afterward.
“All you do is stir them up and bake them and you might be executed,” Phyllis stated of her chocolate chess pie recipe, which is a favourite of her now-grown daughters.
I attempted her recipe yesterday. It did prove two stunning, scrumptious chocolate pies. There are variations in style and texture from the pie recipe I revealed final week, from my great-niece Taylor and her mother, my niece Anne-Catherine Leone. They describe their recipe as a tribute to the well-known chocolate chess pie served on the Angus Barn Steakhouse in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Which pie do I like to recommend? Each. Every affords a wealthy chocolate taste.
So far as ease of preparation, I’m going to should say I believe Phyllis’ Aunt Bonnie’s recipe had just a few extra steps and, as a result of I combined it with a picket spoon (as instructed by Phyllis) as an alternative of an electrical mixer, it was tiring.
Utilizing the spoon nevertheless, or a robust wire whisk when you’ve got one, is a key think about ensuring the pies prove with the aimed-for sheen on the filling, as soon as reduce, and the hoped-for crispy layer on high, Phyllis stated.
“Aunt Bonnie stated it’s a must to add the components within the actual order within the recipe and to whisk in every egg individually — I all the time use a picket spoon — or your pies wouldn’t have that glazed look and crispy crust,” Phyllis stated.
This pie produced a barely deeper filling, with a extra pudding-ish texture. However it will be some thick pudding. Final week’s recipe produces a extra fudge-like, gooey filling.
I’m comfortable to have each recipes. I’m certain I’ll use every many instances over within the years to come back. Mother and I sometimes have all of the components for both recipe readily available, even frozen pie crusts.
Talking of the crusts, Aunt Bonnie made hers from scratch and if Phyllis have been coming into a contest she’d do the identical. However today, like me, she makes use of frozen “retailer purchased.” I failed to say final week that Taylor and Anne-Catherine make their crusts from scratch and gluten free.
Completely happy baking!
