Unsurpassable Chocolate Meringue Pie - Recipe

UNSURPASSABLE CHOCOLATE MERINGUE
PIE

1 baked 12 inch pie shell made with
2 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
2/3 c. Crisco
5-6 tbsp. cold water

FILLING:

2 c. milk
4 eggs, separated
1/2 c. flour
3/4 tsp. salt
2 c. white sugar
4 tbsp. butter
3 blocks unsweetened chocolate
1 tsp. vanilla

Scald the milk in a small pan. Beat egg yolks in small bowl. Mix flour, salt and sugar in double boiler. Add egg yolks and stir. Add scalded milk, stirring well. Add butter and chocolate; cook until thick, stirring often. When mixture is thick, add vanilla. Pour into baked pie shell.

Use 4 egg whites, 4 tablespoons sugar, dash salt, 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla to make meringue.

Bake 15 minutes in 275 degree oven.

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Unsurpassable Chocolate Meringue Pie

· Dec 21 · #19483

Nancy Frazier says:

I don't understand what a "block" of unsweet chocolate is?
3 packages (3" x 7" or so)? or are the packages divided into blocks? is there a brand?

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· Dec 21 · #19493

Cooks.com replies:

Hi Nancy,

A block is a 1 oz. square, usually with divider for 1/2 oz. breaks. Baker's chocolate is one type that comes in blocks for easy measurement.

-- CM

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· Nov 10 · #83408

Lee Ann (Michigan) says:

Thanks so much. I too wondered about the block.

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· Apr 1 · #97784

Doris Woods (Indiana) says:

re: meringue..I can't remember whether my mom said to pile meringue on warm, hot, cool, or cold filling. I remembered her saying the sugar needed to be completely dissolved in the beaten egg whites, and that the meringue should be 'sealed' to the crust.

What, besides undisolved sugar, causes the 'weeping'? Thanks so much.

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· Nov 26 · #147226

Amy Sprik (Michigan) says:

Awesome. Yes, it is better than boxed powdered pudding. I made it gluten free. So good.

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