Black Bottom Pie II Recipe

Ingredients <br>- 1 (9 inch) pie crust, baked <br>- ½ cup white sugar <br>- 2 tablespoons cornstarch <br>- ½ teaspoon salt <br>- 2 cups milk <br>- 2 eggs, separated <br>- 2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin <br>- 3 tablespoons cold water <br>- 2 ½ tablespoons rum <br>- 1 (1 ounce) square unsweetened chocolate <br>- ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar <br>- ⅓ cup white sugar <br><p></p>Directions <br>step 1: Soften gelatin in cold water. Melt chocolate chips in the top of a double boiler or in a bowl in the microwave. Stir until smooth. Set aside to cool. <br>step 2: Combine 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a saucepan. Blend together milk and egg yolks, stir into sugar mix. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, just until mixture boils. Remove 1 cup of custard, and combine with chocolate: spread into baked pie shell. Stir softened gelatin into remaining hot custard mix. Stir in rum. Place pan in a bowl of ice water, or refrigerate. Stir occasionally, until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from spoon. Combine chocolate & the reserved custard mix. Pour into baked pie shell. <br>step 3: Stir softened gelatin into remaining hot custard mix. Stir in rum. Place pan in a bowl of ice water, or refrigerate. Stir occasionally, until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from spoon. <br>step 4: Beat egg whites and cream of tartar until foamy. Beat in 1/3 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, and continue beating until stiff and glossy. Do not underbeat. Fold in chilled custard. Spread over chocolate mixture. Chill at least 3 hours or until set. <br>

Ingredients
- 1 (9 inch) pie crust, baked
- ½ cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups milk
- 2 eggs, separated
- 2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
- 3 tablespoons cold water
- 2 ½ tablespoons rum
- 1 (1 ounce) square unsweetened chocolate
- ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
- ⅓ cup white sugar

Directions
step 1: Soften gelatin in cold water. Melt chocolate chips in the top of a double boiler or in a bowl in the microwave. Stir until smooth. Set aside to cool.
step 2: Combine 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a saucepan. Blend together milk and egg yolks, stir into sugar mix. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, just until mixture boils. Remove 1 cup of custard, and combine with chocolate: spread into baked pie shell. Stir softened gelatin into remaining hot custard mix. Stir in rum. Place pan in a bowl of ice water, or refrigerate. Stir occasionally, until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from spoon. Combine chocolate & the reserved custard mix. Pour into baked pie shell.
step 3: Stir softened gelatin into remaining hot custard mix. Stir in rum. Place pan in a bowl of ice water, or refrigerate. Stir occasionally, until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from spoon.
step 4: Beat egg whites and cream of tartar until foamy. Beat in 1/3 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, and continue beating until stiff and glossy. Do not underbeat. Fold in chilled custard. Spread over chocolate mixture. Chill at least 3 hours or until set.

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