Minny's Famous Chocolate Pie from The Help

Sometimes in life, you get what you deserve. Minny's Famous Chocolate Pie is a perfect example of that. If you have read the book, or seen the movie, you know exactly what I'm talking about. This recipe is obviously the clean version, missing just one essential ingredient to being the perfect piece of rich, decadent, karma pie.

I wanted to make a traditional Chocolate Southern Pie and researched many recipes. It's totally worth making your own crust, and it's really not that hard, so don't cut corners when making this one.

Recipe adapted from http://www.theeverythingsoapblog.com/2011/11/recipe-southern-chocolate-pie.html

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Step 1: Ingredients & Prep

Ingredients & Prep:

Perfect Pie Crust:

1 1/3 Cups All Purpose Flour

1/2 cup chilled vegetable shortening

1/2 tsp kosher salt

3 Tbsp ice cold water

Minny's Pie Filling : Clean Version

4 Tbsp good quality cocoa powder

1/4 tea kosher salt

5 Tbsp all purpose flour

3/4 cup sugar

1 Tbsp butter

2 egg yolks

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 cups whole milk

Meringue Topping:

2 egg whites

1/8 tsp salt

4 Tbsp sugar