Chocolate Meringue Pie Recipe #119236
A recipe from Southern Living in a section about Blue Plate Specials.
by PCrocker
55 min | 30 min prep
SERVES 8
- 1 3/4 cups sugar, divided
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa
- 2 cups milk
- 4 large eggs, separated
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 baked pie crust
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- Combine 1 1/4 cups sugar, flour, and cocoa in a medium saucepan.
- Beat milk and egg yolks together in medium bowl and slowly add to saucepan using a wire whisk.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened and bubbly.
- Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla.
- Stir pudding until butter is melted.
- Cover with plastic wrap to prevent skin while making meringue.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Beat egg whites and cream of tatar at high speed of mixer until foamy.
- Slowly add remaining 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon at time, beating until stiff peaks form and sugar dissolves (2 to 4 minutes).
- Pour pudding into cooled baked pie crust.
- Spoon meringue onto pudding and carefully spread making sure to completely cover pudding and edge of crust.
- Bake for about 25 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
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