Chocolate Meringue Pie

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter 
• 0.5 cup cocoa 
• 0.3 cup cornstarch 
• 0.3 teaspoon cream of tartar 
• 3  eggs separated
• 3 cups milk 
• 1  baked 9-inch pastry shell 
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 1.3 cups sugar 
• 6 tablespoons sugar 
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract 

Equipment

• sauce pan
• oven

Directions

1. Combine first 4 ingredients in a heavy saucepan.
2. Mix well to remove lumps. Gradually add milk, stirring until blended. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and comes to a boil; boil 1 minute, stirring constantly.
3. Remove from heat.
4. Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon colored. Stir one-fourth of hot mixture into yolks; add to remaining hot mixture, stirring constantly. Cook over medium heat 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
5. Remove from heat; stir in butter and vanilla.
6. Pour into pastry shell.
7. Combine egg whites (at room temperature) and cream of tartar; beat until foamy. Gradually add remaining sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form.
8. Spread over filling, sealing to edge of pastry.
9. Bake at 400 for 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool.