How to Make Homemade Chocolate Meringue Pie

This article will teach you how to make a homemade chocolate meringue pie. Just about everyone loves chocolate!

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• 2 Large mixing bowls
• Saucepan
• Unsweetened cocoa powder
• Cornstarch
• Sugar
• Salt
• Milk
• 3 Eggs
• Vanilla extract
• 9 Inch pie crust
• Cream of tartar
• Oven
• Mixer
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Friends to share the pie with!

1. Get your large saucepan - Mix together 3/4 cups of sugar, 5 tablespoons of cocoa, 3 tablespoons of cornstarch, 1/4 teaspoons of salt. Gradually mix in 1 1/2 cups of milk. Cook over medium high heat, and stir until the mixture is thickened and bubbly. Once the mixture has thickened, reduce heat to medium low and allow to cook for 2 more minutes, continue to stir mixture. Remove pan from heat. This mixture will be referred to as custard throughout the rest of the recipe.
2. Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites. You can do this by gently cracking the egg and over a small bowl, pour the egg yolk (the yellow part) back and forth while letting the egg white drip into the small bowl. Do not discard the egg whites! Take the egg yolks and beat them, then add about one cup of the custard mixture to the egg yolks slowly and stir. Once this is done you can add the egg yolks/1 cup of custard mixture back to the saucepan. Return the saucepan to the medium heat and slowly let it return to a boil. Let it cook for two minutes and stir every 15-20 seconds. Remove from heat, and stir in 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. Allow the mixture to cool and thicken up a little before you pour it into your pie crust. Then pour the custard filling into your pie crust. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. In a clean bowl, beat the egg whites and mix in 1/4 tablespoons cream of tartar until soft peaks start to form. (See picture) Gradually beat into egg whites 6 tablespoons of sugar. Continue to beat until meringue is stiff and glossy looking.
4. Spread meringue over custard in pie shell. Make sure that when you spread it on the custard you take the meringue all the way to the edges of the pie crust. This acts kind of like a seal to the custard so it will not get hard in the oven. Put the pie in your pre heated oven for about 12 - 15 minutes or until the meringue is golden brown.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure you let the custard filling cool before you pour it into the pie crust or it will be to runny.