Frozen Chocolate Mint Pie Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 egg whites
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 cup sugar
• CHOCOLATE SAUCE:
• 1/4 cup butter, cubed
• 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup evaporated milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon peppermint extract
• Dash salt
• 2 cups vanilla ice cream, softened
• 1-1/3 cups heavy whipping cream, whipped

Directions

• Place egg whites in a small bowl; let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Add cream of tartar; beat until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form.
• Spread onto the bottom and up the sides of a greased and floured 9-in. deep-dish pie plate. Bake at 275° for 1 hour. Turn off oven and do not open door; let meringue cool completely inside the oven.
• For chocolate sauce, in small heavy saucepan, melt butter and chocolate; stir until smooth. Stir in sugar and evaporated milk. Cook over low heat for 45-60 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat; stir in extracts and salt. Cool to room temperature.
• Spread ice cream into meringue crust. Fold whipped cream into cooled chocolate sauce. Spread over ice cream layer; cover and freeze until firm. Yield: 8 servings.

Frozen Chocolate Mint Pie published in Country Woman January/February 2002, p29