Description
Straight from grandma’s kitchen, a delicious Southern holiday tradition. A smooth and rich chocolate dessert that will have you asking for thirds.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoons self-rising flour
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder, or more to taste
- 2 cups whole milk
- 2 eggs, separated
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 pre-baked pie shell
- 1 pinch white sugar, or to taste
- 1 dash vanilla extract, or to taste
Instructions
- Mix sugar
- flour
- and cocoa powder together in a bowl until well combined.
- Mix milk
- egg yolks
- and vanilla together in a separate large bowl. Add flour mixture and blend custard until smooth.
- Pour custard into a cast iron skillet over medium heat. Cook
- stirring continually
- until slightly boiling but not popping
- about 5 minutes. Cook just until reasonably thickened
- 3 to 5 minutes more
- and remove from heat immediately. Stir hot custard to smooth out any lumps and pour into the pre-baked pie shell.
- Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven’s broiler.
- Combine egg whites
- sugar
- and vanilla for meringue in a small bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until peaks start to form. Spread meringue over custard.
- Cook under the preheated broiler just until the peaks start to turn light brown
- 1 to 2 minutes
- being very careful not to let meringue burn.
- Place the custard pie in the fridge or on Grandma’s porch on a cool night until the custard congeals
- about 2 hours.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 5 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins
Servings: 8