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Chocolate meringue pie

Its a homemade pie crust filled with chocolate custard topped with meringue
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, French, Fusion
Keyword baked yogurt dessert recipe, best savory pumpkin pie recipe, christmas cake, christmasrecipes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
chilling time 2 hours
Servings 500 gm
Author indrani

Ingredients

Ingredients

Crust

  • 1.5 cup cups of refined flour
  • Salt as per taste
  • 100 gm Butter frozen

Filling

  • 1 cup Chocolate dark or milk
  • 1/2 cup Fresh cream
  • 1/4 tsp Vanilla

Meringue

  • 4 Egg whites
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Vanilla

Instructions

Preparation

  1. Add the butter and salt to the flour and mix till the mixture is crumbly.

  2. Add 1/4th cup water ,minimum to form a tough and firm dough.

  3. Keep the dough refrigerated for 1 hour.

  4. Divide the dough into two equal portions and flatten to form a circular disk.

  5. Layer the disk on a greased cake pan and bake for 20 minutes. Add some dried beans on the crust during baking

  6. Add the cream to the molten chocolate and mix. Micro it for 20 seconds. Add vanilla and mix.

  7. Add this filling to the bottom crust.

  8. Flatten  another part of the remaining dough and cover the pie sealing the two top and bottom layers .Make some design with fork.

  9. Bake for another 20 minutes.

  10. For the meringue beat the egg whites till peaks don't form. Add grounded sugar and beat.

  11. Put the frosting into a icing bag and decorate with a star nozzle.

  12. Bake for another 10 minutes, till the top is little golden.

  13. Drizzle some strawberry sauce and serve with vanilla ice cream.