Mom-Mom Kolar's Chocolate Rum Pie

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

I inherited my grandmother's recipe binder after her passing and discovered a delicious chocolate rum pie recipe. Here's how to make it.

Ingredients

1/2 cup white sugar
1 (1/4 ounce) envelope unflavored gelatin
1 pinch salt
1 cup whole milk
2 large egg yolks
1 (6 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
3/10 cup dark rum
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (9 inch) pie shell, baked

Directions

1 Combine 1/2 cup sugar, gelatin, and salt in a sauce pan. Stir in milk and egg yolks. Cook and stir over low heat until slightly thickened, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat, add chocolate pieces, and stir until melted. Add rum and stir until well combined. Chill until partially set, about 1 hour.
2 Beat egg whites in a chilled glass or metal bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually add 1/4 cup sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Fold egg whites into the chocolate mixture.
3 To make whipped cream mixture, beat cream and vanilla extract in a chilled glass or metal bowl with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Layer the whipped cream and chocolate mixture into the pie shell. Swirl the top with a fork to marbelize.
4 Chill pie in the refrigerator until firm, 1 to 2 hours.