Black Bottom Lemon Pie

Name: Black Bottom Lemon Pie
Ingredients: 1 c. sugar; 4 eggs, separated; ¼ c. lemon juice; 3 tblsp. water; 1 tsp. lemon peel; 2 squares semisweet chocolate

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

New taste thrill—chocolate in lemon meringue pie. It’s a gourmet treat

Ingredients

Baked 9" pie shell
2 squares semisweet chocolate
4 eggs, separated

Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Melt chocolate over hot water. Spread evenly over bottom of cool pie shell.
In top of double boiler, beat egg yolks until thick and lemon-colored. Add lemon juice and water, mixing well. Then stir in lemon peel and ½ c. sugar. Cook over hot (not boiling) water, stirring constantly, until thick, about 12 minutes. Remove from hot water.
Beat egg whites un