QandAs: Food

Agnes's Mocha Velvet Pie

Ingredients
1	each	8-inch pie shell
1/2	cup	butter
3/4	cup	sugar
1	ounce	unsweetned chocolate, melted
1	teaspoon	vanilla
1 1/2	tablespoons	instant coffee
2	large	eggs
1/2	cup	heavy cream, for whipping

Directions:
1. Prepare 8-inch pastry shell. 2. Cream butter in medium-size bowl and gradually add sugar, creaming well after each addition. 3. Cool melted chocolate; blend into butter-sugar mixture with instant coffee and vanilla. 4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating VERY WELL after each addition. (Use an electric beater or mixer, for you'll need to beat in each egg 5 minutes to make mixture creamy, thick, and fluffy.) 5. Turn into baked pastry shell; chill 1 - 2 hours. Just before serving, whip cream and garnish pie.