Decadent Mississippi Mud Pie Recipe

Need a chocolate fix? Then indulge yourself in a Mississippi Mud Pie!
English closed captions courtesy of Daniel Bartolo.

Ingredients
For the base

300 g (10 oz) Oreo cookies or Bourbon biscuits or chocolate Digestives
75 g (2½ oz) butter, melted

For the filling

150 g (5 oz) soft brown sugar
100 g (3½ oz) plain chocolate
75 g (2½ oz) butter
3 tbsp Golden syrup or corn syrup or honey
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla flavouring

For the topping

283 ml (10 fl oz) double cream or whipping cream or heavy cream
50 g (2 oz) plain chocolate to make curls


Instructions
Make the base

Place the cookies in a bag and crush them quite finely with a heavy object.
Put the crushed cookies in a bag, add the melted butter and mix well.
Pour the mixture into a 23 cm (9") cake tin with a pop-up bottom. Press the mixture firmly with a spoon to create a base and also about 2 cm (1") up the side of the tin.
Place in the 'fridge to chill for about 15-20 minutes.

Make the filling

Beat together the sugar and the eggs until smooth.
Add in the syrup and the vanilla and beat again.
Melt the chocolate and butter together in a bowl over a pan of boiling water. Make sure the water is not touching the bottom of the pan.
Once the mixture is smooth pour it into the sugar/egg mixture and mix well.
Pour this mixture into the chilled cake base and bake at 180°C/356°F for 30-35 minutes until the filling is set.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
Once cooled, remove the cake from the tin and place on a plate.

The topping

Make some chocolate curls by warming the chocolate in your hand and cutting thin slivers using a vegetable peeler. Place in the 'fridge to chill.
Beat the cream until firm.
Spread it evenly over the top of the cake and decorate with the chocolate curls.

Titli's Tips
To make it even more chocolatey you can either beat a couple of tbsp of cocoa powder into the cream or top the pie with a chocolate custard.