Chocolate Meringue Pie

Home-style like Mama’s

a finished, old-fashioned chocolate meringue pie, cooling on a wire rack | original image copyright © 2019, the author

My mom has made chocolate pies like this one all my life. I never baked one myself until today when my friend, Eddie Hostetler, asked me to give him a hand. Here’s how you can make your very own rich, chocolate meringue pie in three easy steps.

If you are in doubt when following this recipe, use a scale and go with the metric weights given.

Part I: The Piecrust

pie crust ingredients & tools | image copyright © 2019, the author

Ingredients

• 1 cup (125g) all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ⅓ cup (65g) Crisco vegetable shortening (or coconut oil, or lard)
• 3 to 4 Tablespoons (40–60 ml) ice water

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 400℉ (204℃).
2. Combine the flour and salt in a stainless steel mixing bowl and sift with a wire whisk.
3. Cut the shortening into the flour mixture with a pastry blender.
4. Gradually sprinkle the mixture with ice water and mix with a rubber spatula.
5. Work the dough into a ball and roll it out onto a lightly floured surface until it is…