Receta Rich Chocolate Pie With Meringue Topping
Ingredientes
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Direcciones
- Sieve 225g flour and a healthy pinch of salt together. Rub in 125g of cool butter, cut into small pcs, and rub in till the mix resembles breadcrumbs.
- Stir in 25g caster sugar, 2 - 3 tbsp sieved cocoa pwdr and mix together.
- Beat 1 egg yolk with the water and mix into the dry ingredients.
- Add in more water, as required to make a hard dough.
- Knead lightly till smooth, and then wrap in cling film and put in the fridge for 30 min.
- Use the pastry to line a 9 inch round tart tin and bake blind in a warm oven 200 c / 400 f / Gas Mark 6 for 10 to 15 min, removing the baking parchment and baking beans and returning to the oven for a further 5 min.
- Remove from the oven and leave to cold completely.
- Sieve the remaining flour, cinnamon, 1/4 tsp of salt into a pan an stir in the 125g light brown sugar, and the lowfat milk.
- Break the chocolate into pcs and add in to the pan.
- Heat gently till the chocolate is melted, stirring all the time.
- Mix to ensure which the chocolate and lowfat milk are thoroughly blended.
- Increase the heat and cook for another 10 min, stirring all the time.
- Remove the pan from the heat. Beat the remaining 3 egg yolks with a little of the chocolate mix before slowly pouring the Large eggs back into the saucepan, stirring rapidly.
- Continue cooking over a low heat till the mix is thick and creamy.
- Don't let it boil.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the remaining butter and vanilla essence. Pour into the cooled pastry case.
- Whisk the egg whites till stiff but don't dry.
- Whisk in 50g caster sugar till the mix is thick and glossy.
- Mix in the remaining caster sugar and pile the meringue on top of the pie.
- Bake for 10 min at 200 c / 400 f / Gas Mark 6 or possibly till the meringue is crisp and lightly browned.
- Refrigeratebefore serving and decorate with crystallised rose petals.