Black Bottom Pie

Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 2 cups milk, scalded
• 4 egg yolks, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 (6 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 (9 inch) graham wafer crust
• 1 (1 tablespoon) envelope unflavored gelatin
• 1/4 cup cold water
• 2 tablespoons light rum or 1/2 teaspoon rum extract
• 4 egg whites
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 cups whipping cream
• 1/4 cup icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• fresh nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 combine 1/2 cup sugar, and cornstarch.
• 2 slowly add milk to egg yolks, start with just 1 tbsp at a time till you have added about 1/3 cup. this tempers the eggs and prevents them from scrambling. now add in all the milk.
• 3 stir in sugar mixture, cook and stir over medium heat until mixture thickens enough to coat a spoon.
• 4 add vanilla.
• 5 remove 1 cup of custard and stir into it the chocolate chips until they are melted.
• 6 pour into crust and chill.
• 7 meanwhile soften gelatin in 1/4 cup cold water.
• 8 add to remaining hot custard, and stir until completely dissolved.
• 9 add rum.
• 10 chill until slightly thickened.
• 11 beat egg whites until soft peaks form.
• 12 fold into gelatin custard mixture.
• 13 chill if necessary until mixture mounds.
• 14 pile over chocolate layer.
• 15 chill till set (about 4 hours).
• 16 topping:.
• 17 beat 2 cups of whipping cream till soft peaks form.
• 18 add sugar and vanilla.
• 19 continue beating until mixed well.
• 20 pile on chilled pie.
• 21 garnish with freshly grated nutmeg over the whipped cream.