Chocolate Meringue Pie

Pie Crust Ingredients:


1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
Ice cold water





-preheat oven to 425 degrees
-mix flour and salt
-mix together

-add shortening
-cut into flour/salt mixture with a pastry blender

-add enough ice cold water to form a ball

-roll out on a floured surface (wax paper)

-place in pie pan
-cut excess crust off with knife
-flute edges

-crumble a piece of wax paper, unfold and place in pie crust
-place pie rocks on top of wax paper (if no pie rocks you can use rice)
-bake in oven for exactly 12 minutes

Chocolate Pie Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
1/3 cup cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups milk
3 egg yolks
3 tablespoon butter
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

-separate 3 eggs
-reserve egg whites for meringue

-combine sugar, cocoa, cornstarch, and salt in medium sauce pan

-mix ingredients
-add milk, cook over medium heat (stirring constantly)

-when mixture thickens and comes to a boil, boil 1 minute (stirring constantly)
- remove mixture from heat, beat egg yolks with fork, stir about 2 tablespoons mixture into yolks, add back into remaining mixture (stirring constantly)
-cook 2 minutes more on medium heat (stirring constantly)

-remove from heat, add butter and vanilla
-immediately pour into pie shell

Meringue Ingredients:

1/2 cup water
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
3 egg whites
dash of salt

-add water, sugar, and cornstarch in small sauce pan
-cook over medium heat, (stirring constantly) until transparent and thickened

-add egg whites and salt in bowl (copper preferably) [The copper in the bowl assists in creating a tighter bond in reactive sulfur items such as egg whites.] from Wikepedia under [egg whites]
-beat on high until foamy, continue beating gradually adding the cooked mixture in with the egg whites
-beat 3 minutes

-spread meringue over filling, sealing to edge of pie shell

- bake at 425 degrees for 5 to 7 minutes or until meringue is lightly browned

-Plate and Enjoy!