Screech Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup gingersnaps, crushed finely
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1 (14 ounce) can evaporated milk, chilled in a shallow dish until slushy at the edges
• 2 tablespoons gelatin
• 3/4 cup milk
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 3 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 1/4 cup screech rum
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1/4 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 mix the gingersnaps and the butter and press into a pie pan.
• 3 bake for 10 minutes.
• 4 soften the gelatin in 1/4 c milk.
• 5 in the top of a double boiler, mix the sugar, gelatin mixture, remaining milkand egg yolks until well blended.
• 6 cook over boiling water until mixture is slightly thickened.
• 7 melt 2 oz chocolate and mix into the gelatin mixture.
• 8 chill until syrupy.
• 9 whip evaporated milk until thick.
• 10 fold evaporated milk, rum and vanilla into the gelatin mixture.
• 11 pour into pie shell and chill thoroughly.
• 12 whip cream and sweeten with 1/4 c sugar.
• 13 spread over pie.
• 14 shave the remaining chocolate into curls and sprinkle on top.