Double-Chocolate Cream Pie Recipe

Name: Double-Chocolate Cream Pie Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: Old-Fashioned Flaky Pie Dough , prepared as for a Blind Baked Pie; For the Filling:; 4 ounces 72% dark chocolate (3/4 cup; 115g), roughly chopped; 1/4 ounces vanilla extract (1 1/2 teaspoons; 7g); 9 1/2 ounces sugar (1 1/3 cups; 270g); 3/4 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt; use half as much if iodized; 1/2 teaspoon espresso powder; 1 1/2 ounces Dutch cocoa powder (1/2 cup; 45g); 1 1/4 ounces cornstarch (1/3 cup; 35g); 5 ounces egg yolk (shy 1/2 cup; 140g), from about 8 large eggs; 24 ounces milk (3 cups; 680g), any percentage will do; For the Topping:; Swiss Meringue