Black Bottom Pie I

Creamy, chocolaty and generous with the rum, this pie is worth the overnight wait to let it set. Egg yolks, cornstarch, milk and vanilla are cooked up, and half of this batter is mixed with chocolate for the bottom, and the other half is mixed with gelatin, rum and sweetened egg whites that is spooned on top.

• Calories: 437 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ¼ cups white sugar
• 4 egg whites
• ½ cup rum
• 1 ⅓ cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 (9 inch) pie crust, baked
• 1 ¾ cups milk
• 1 (.25 ounce) package unflavored gelatin
• ¼ cup cold water

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Dissolve gelatin in cold water, and set aside.

Step 2

In a small saucepan, mix cornstarch, 3/4 cup sugar, milk, and egg yolks. Cook, stirring, until bubbly and thick. Remove from heat, and add vanilla. Divide mixture in half. Add chocolate chips to one half, and stir until melted and smooth. Pour into pastry shell. Chill.

Step 3

Stir gelatin mixture into the other half of the hot egg yolk mixture. Stir in rum. Chill until slightly thick.

Step 4

Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 1/2 cup sugar, and beat to stiff peaks. Fold into partially set gelatin/rum mixture. Chill until mix will mound, then spoon into pie shell on top of chocolate layer. Chill overnight.