Chocolate Surprise - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (10-inch) unbaked deep dish pie shell
2 sticks unsalted butter
5 oz. unsweetened chocolate
2 1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. half and half
4 eggs plus one egg yolk (room temperature)
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Preheat oven to 425\u00b0.
Bake pie shell 5 minutes.
Reduce oven to 350\u00b0.
Melt butter and chocolate together.
Add sugar and half and half; stir until smooth.
Pour into a bowl and set in cold water, stirring until cool.
Remove bowl from water and beat in eggs and yolk.
Let stand until solid.
Top with whipped cream (optional).