chocolate pie

2 cups whole milk
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
3T cocoa
3T butter
3 eggs
2T vanilla
1 pie crust

warm milk on stove in medium sauce pan (do not boil) - in separate bowl combine sugar, flour and cocoa - add combined ingredients to warmed milk. stir with whisk occasionally until mixture begins to thicken. add 3 egg yolks, reserve whites. whisk swiftly into mixture. add butter and vanilla when thick. set aside.

mirenge:

in mixer, add 3 egg whites. mix until whites peek, then add 1/4 cup sugar. mix until fully peaked and firm.

pour chocolate mix into baked pie crust. add mirenge on top. bake in 350 oven until top is browned.

give credit: martha gerber