Decadent Brown Butter Chocolate Cream Pie with Homemade Custard - Recipe By Me

Ingredients

• Pie Crust or Cocoa Pie Crust (fully blind baked)
• 113g unsalted butter (½ cup)
• 180g whole milk (¾ cup)
• 100g light or dark brown sugar (½ cup)
• 4 large egg yolks (reserve whites for another use)
• 300g semi-sweet or dark chocolate, finely chopped
• ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 80g full fat sour cream (⅓ cup)
• 2 tablespoons whole milk
• 240-480g heavy whipping cream (1-2 cups)
• 2-4 tablespoons brown or granulated sugar
• Pinch fine sea salt
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or paste
• 2 tablespoons Dutch process cocoa per cup of cream (optional)