Chocolate Molten Love Cake - Blast From The Past

One of Savannah's best chefs, Patrick McNamara of Noble Fare, is helping Paula in the kitchen to add some local flavor to a dessert as sinful as it is scrumptious, Chocolate Molten Love Cake! Ingredients: 1 lb sweet butter 1 lb 64% dark chocolate 1/2 lb sugar 9 eggs 4 1/2 oz sifted, divided cake flour 3 cups (40%) heavy cream 1 split and seeds scraped vanilla bean 9 egg yolks 1 pint fresh raspberries 2 cups granulated sugar 1 cup plus 7 tablespoons, divided water 1 cup whole milk 14 oz melted unsalted butter 14 oz chopped pistachios 4 oz bittersweet chocolate 1/4 cup butter