Chocolate Angel Pie

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2013, Cook's Country TV

In our early experiments, this pie was no angel: The meringue crust stuck and the chocolate flavor was faint.

SERVES 8 to 10

TIME 3½ hours, plus 4 hours chilling and 30 minutes cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a pie with a balance of chocolate filling, crisp meringue, and fluffy whipped cream, we needed to boost the chocolate flavor. By making a cooked custard, we were able to load nearly a pound of chocolate into the filling, and using part ...

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