Chocolate Meringue Pie

• 1 baked pastry crust
• 1 c. cornstarch
• 1 c. sugar
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 3 sq. unsweetened chocolate, cut up
• 2 1/2 c. milk
• 3 egg yolk, slightly beaten
• 1 Tbsp. butter or margarine
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• Basic Meringue (recipe follows)

1. Prepare pastry crust according to recipe.
2. Combine cornstarch, sugar, salt and chocolate in a saucepan.
3. Stir in milk gradually. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and comes to a boil.
4. Boil 1 minute.
5. Blend half the mixture into egg yolks.
6. Stir into mixture in saucepan; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
7. Remove from heat.
8. Stir in butter or margarine and vanilla.
9. Cool slightly.
10. Pour into pastry shell and bake as directed in Basic Meringue Recipe.

pastry crust, cornstarch, sugar, salt, unsweetened chocolate, milk, egg yolk, butter, vanilla, meringue

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=812815 (may not work)