Close-up of a slice of Dulce de Leche Chess Pie with meringue topping and recipe ingredients listed by Cupcake Jemma

Dulce de Leche Chess Pie recipe

A deeply caramel chess pie in a flaky, laminated chocolate crust, topped with a layer of dulce de leche and finished with a swoosh of torched brown sugar Italian meringue. Stunning, complex and absolutely worth the effort.

  • Difficulty
    5 out of 5
  • Prep: 1 hour plus 4 hours (dulce de leche) and 3 hours chilling pastry
  • Cook: 1 hour 50 minutes
  • Servings: Serves 8–10 (8" pie dish)
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Ingredients

PIE CRUST
230g Plain Flour
40g Cocoa Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
180g Cold Cubed Butter
6–8 tbsp Ice Water
3/4 tbsp Vinegar

FILLING
100g Dulce de Leche
115g Brown Butter
150g Light Brown Sugar
160g Caster Sugar
3 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla
1/2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Vinegar

ITALIAN MERINGUE
80g Muscovado Sugar
140g Light Brown Sugar
20g Glucose
100ml Water
90g Egg White
1/4 tsp Vanilla
Pinch of Salt

270g Dulce de Leche

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