Hot Fudge Pie Filling

Ingredients

• 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate chopped
• 0.3 cup butter 
• 3 large egg yolks 
• 2 large eggs 
• 0.3 cup flour all-purpose
• 1 cup half-and-half 
• 1.5 cups sugar 
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 0.8 cup cocoa unsweetened

Equipment

• bowl
• oven
• microwave

Directions

1. Microwave half-and-half, butter, and chopped bittersweet chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl at HIGH 2 minutes or until chocolate melts. Stir until smooth. Stir together sugar, cocoa, flour, and salt in a medium bowl. Stir in eggs, egg yolks, and melted chocolate mixture. Use immediately, or pour filling into a 1-qt. jar; let cool. Store filling in refrigerator up to 7 days. (
2. Mixture will thicken as it chills.)
3. TO MAKE HOT FUDGE PIE: Preheat oven to 35
4. Fit 1 refrigerated piecrust into a lightly greased 9-inch deep-dish pie plate according to package directions; fold edges under, and crimp.
5. Pour Hot Fudge Pie Filling into prepared crust; bake 45 minutes or until filling puffs, center is set, and top begins to crack around the edges. Cool 10 minutes before serving.
6. PACKAGE IN: Weck Tall 7-oz. Glass Jar ($50; westelm.com)