Desserts:
Black
Bottom Pie
from
Traditions...
A
Taste of the Good Life
INGREDIENTS:
Crust:
1�1/2 cups crushed cookies, by hand or in food processor
(chocolate wafers, graham crackers or gingersnaps)
6
Tablespoons butter, melted
Filling:
2 cups milk
4 eggs, separated
1/2 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons vanilla
1�1/2 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
1 Tablespoon gelatin
4 Tablespoons cold water
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
2 Tablespoons rum
1 cup
whipping cream, whipped
2
Tablespoons powdered sugar
Grated chocolate
TO
PREPARE:
To
prepare crust, mix cookie crumbs with butter and pat in bottom of an 8-inch
square pan. Bake crust for 15 minutes at 350 degrees. To prepare
filling, heat milk in double boiler. Combine egg yolks, 1/2 cup sugar
and cornstarch. Add to hot milk. Cook 20 minutes. Add vanilla.
Remove 1 cup cooked custard, adding melted chocolate to it and cool. Pour
into baked crust. To rest of custard add gelatin dissolved in cold
water. Let cool but don't let thicken. Beat egg whites until frothy.
Continue beating until stiff peaks form while adding 1/2 cup sugar, cream
of tartar and rum. Add to custard. Pour over chocolate layer
and chill until set. Cover with whipped cream sweetened with powdered
sugar. Sprinkle chocolate on top. Chill several hours.
SERVINGS:
9
Copyright 1983 The Junior
League of Little Rock, Inc. All rights reserved.
To purchase copies of Traditions,
call the Junior League of Little Rock at (501) 666-0658 or order by mail
at P.O. Box 7453, Little Rock, AR 72217. The cost is $18.95 plus
$4.00 shipping/handling for first book ($2.00 each additional book).
You may also purchase copies of any of the Junior League of Little Rock
cookbooks through their website (http://www.jllr.org).
The Junior League of Little
Rock, Inc. is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism,
developing the potential of women, and improving the community through
the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose
is exclusively educational and charitable. Proceeds from the sale
of Traditions support the projects
and programs of the Junior League of Little Rock, Inc.
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