Chocolate Angel Pie

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 egg whites (at room temperature)
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 3 tablespoons water
• 3 egg yolks
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 shell:.
• 2 preheat oven to 250°f.
• 3 in a small bowl beat egg whites and cream of tarter until soft peaks form.
• 4 gradually sprinkle in sugar 2 tbsp at a time.
• 5 beat two minutes after each addition or until sugar is completely dissolved (about 2 min).
• 6 add vanilla and continue to beat at high speed until mixture stands in stiff, glossy peaks.
• 7 spoon into a greased nine inch pie plate, smooth till evenly distributed.
• 8 using the back of a spoon pile meringue up at the sides to form a shell.
• 9 bake 1 hour at 275°f turn off oven and let stand in oven 1 hour.
• 10 filling:.
• 11 combine chocolate, water, egg yolks, sugar, and salt in double boiler over hot, not boiling water.
• 12 cook until chocolate is melted and mixture is very thick and mounds when dropped from a spoon (about 5 minutes).
• 13 remove from heat and set aside.
• 14 in large bowl at medium speed beat cream with vanilla until soft peaks form.
• 15 gently fold into chocolate mixture.
• 16 spoon mixture into meringue shell.
• 17 refrigerate 4 hours or until filling is set.