Recipe: Chocolate pie w/almond crumb topping

I have friends coming over today to watch the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary special (I live in Australia and too lazy for the original airing). My parents are making their famous dumplings while I decided to make a chocolate pie with almond crumb topping for dessert.

Here is the recipe if anyone's interested:

Pie crust

1. Place 1 cup flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar and 8 tbsp butter into a bowl and mix well.

2. Combine with 2 tbsp cold water to make stick together.

3. Pat into disc and set in fridge for at least 30 minutes.

Topping

1. Stir 1/2 cup flour, 3/4 cup chopped almonds, 1/4 cup dark brown sugar and 1/4 tsp salt in a bowl.

2. Mix in 4 tbsp butter with fingers till mixture looks like crumbs.

When the dough has set for at least 30 minutes.

1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.

2. Roll out the dough on surface lightly dusted with flour. Roll up into a ball once more.

3. Place in middle of greased pan (8-inch diameter) and begin moulding into shape of pan.

4. Wrap pan in glad wrap and place back in fridge.

Filling

1. Mix 1/2 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 1/2 cup milk and 1 tsp vanilla extract in a separate bowl.

2. Melt 3 tbsp butter and 250g dark chocolate in a pan. Add to sugar mixture and mix well till thick. 

3. Pour into pie crust pan.

Finishing up...

1. Carefully place almond topping on top of the chocolate mixture.

2. Place on bottom rack of oven and cook for 20 minutes.

3. Reduce temperature to 150 degrees Celsius and place on middle rack. Cook for another 40 minutes.

Taking it out.

1. Let the pie cool down for at least 10 minutes.

2. Using a knife, carve out the outline of the pie so it doesn't stick to the edge of the pan.

3. Put a plate that is bigger than the pie on top and flip together with pan upside down. The pie should slip out when you pull the pan off.

4. With another plate, flip the pie right side up.

And voila!

And for all you Whovians, don't forget.....

Fish fingers and custard!!! :P