Chocolate Fudge Pie

Ingredients

For the crust:
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter (cold and cut into half inch cubes)
2-4 tablespoons cold water

For the filling:
1 cup half and half
1/4 cup unsalted butter
8 ounces bittersweet chocolate-chopped
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
3 egg yolks

Directions

To make the crust:
In a large bowl whisk together flour, sugar and salt.

Add butter and mix with a fork until it starts to look like a coarse meal.

Add 1 tablespoon of water at the time and continue mixing until a dough forms.

Wrap the dough with the plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.

Lightly greased 9-inch pie plate and preheat oven to 350 F.

Take the dough from refrigerator and roll out on a lightly floured work surface into a circle about 1/8 inch thick.

Transfer the dough to a pie plate and trim excess of a dough from edges.

To make the filling:
In a bowl whisk together sugar, cocoa powder, flour, and salt.

Combine in a sauce pan half and half, butter, and chocolate and stir over a medium-low heat until it become smooth.( Let it cool a few minutes before you add it over dry ingredients and eggs)

Add eggs, egg yolks and chocolate mixture into dry ingredients and stir until well-combined.

Transfer filling to pie crust in pan.

Bake 45 to 50 minutes (until the center is set and the edges start to crack).

Cool 10-15 minutes before serving.