Recipes

Johnny Musarra’s Chocolate Pie

By Johnny Musarra at the North South Truck Stop in Robards

Ingredients:
1 baked pie shell
1 c. sugar
3 rounded Tbsps of cocoa
3 rounded Tbsps of cornstarch
5 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla
1 c. milk
1 can evaporated milk
1 tsp butter

Meringue:
5 egg whites
½ c. sugar

Mix together the sugar, cocoa and cornstarch.  Mix together the egg yolks and vanilla and add to the dry mixture.  Mix well.

Pour milk and evaporated milk into that mixture and heat on a medium-high burner until the pie filling reaches a pudding consistency.  Add the butter when the mixture begins to warm.  Be sure to stir the mixture consistently while it is on the stove to prevent scorching.

Once the mixture thickens, pour it in a baked pie shell.

Make the meringue by mixing the egg whites and sugar until they form peaks when the mixture is lifted.

Pile meringue on the filling as tall as you want.  Bake the pie at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes, or until the meringue browns.