Chocolate Silk Pie
Source of Recipe
Cooking Light
List of Ingredients
Crust:
1 (10-inch) piecrust
Filling:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 3/4 cups 2% reduced fat milk
4 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped
Meringue:
5 large egg whites
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups sugar
2/3 cup water
Grated chocolate (optional)Recipe
Prepare and bake piecrust in a 10-inch deep-dish pie plate. Cool completely on a wire rack.
To prepare filling, combine sugar, cocoa, flour and salt in a medium sauce pan; stir with a whisk. Gradually stir in milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Reduce ehat; cook 2 mintues or until thick and bubbly, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat; add chopped chocolate, stirring until chocolate melts. Spoon chocolate mixture into a bowl; place bowl in a large ice-filled bowl for 10 minutes or until chocolate mixture comes to room temperature, stirring occasionally. Remove bowl from ice.
To prepare meringue, place egg whites and salt in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed until soft peaks form. Combine sugar and water in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook, without stirring, until candy thermometer registers 238 degrees. Pour hot sugar syrup in a thin stream over egg whites, beating at high speed until stiff peaks form. Fold 2 cups meringue into chocolate mixture.
Spread chocolate mixture into prepared crust. Spread remaining meringue over chocolate mixture. Chill 8 hours; garnish with grated chocolate, if desired.
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