Best Yet Chocolate Meringue Pie

Name: Best Yet Chocolate Meringue Pie
Prep time: 4 h 20 min
Cook time: 4 h 20 min
Total time: 4 h 20 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters all purpose flour; 2 Tbsps melted butter; 1 Tbsp unsweetened natural or Dutch cocoa powder; 3 larges egg whites; 3 larges egg yolks; 237 milliliters granulated sugar; 591 milliliters milk – scalded (I did this in microwave); 1 pie shell, baked and ready to be filled; 0 teaspoons salt; 57 grams finely chopped unsweetened chocolate; 1 teaspoons vanilla; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract

Best Yet Chocolate Meringue Pie might be just the dessert you are searching for. This vegetarian recipe serves 8. One serving contains 350 calories, 8g of protein, and 17g of fat. A mixture of all purpose flour, salt, vanilla, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 4 hours and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.Prep all filling ingredients, then make the meringue first so you’ll have it ready to put on a hot filling. Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, beating on high, until stiff peaks form. Beat in vanilla. Set aside.

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Egg Whites

Vanilla

Sugar

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Oven

Mix the flour, sugar cocoa powder and salt together in a heavy saucepan. Set the pan over medium heat and gradually whisk in the hot milk. Continue whisking and cooking until mixture starts to thicken.

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Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Milk

Salt

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Whisk

Sauce Pan

Frying Pan

Whisk about half cup of the milk mixture into the egg yolks, then add egg/milk mixture back to saucepan and whisk for about two minutes. It should become thick and make big bubbles.

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Egg Yolk

Milk

Egg

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Sauce Pan

Whisk

Remove from heat and whisk in butter, chocolate and vanilla.

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Chocolate

Vanilla

Butter

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Whisk

Pour hot chocolate mixture into pie shell and cover with the meringue, sealing the edges well.Set the pie on a cookie sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes. Cool at room temperature for an hour, then chill for 4 hours or until pie is set.

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Hot Chocolate