Chocolate Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 sq. semi-sweet baking chocolate
    2 Tbsp. butter
    1/3 c. flour
    1 c. sugar
    1/4 tsp. salt
    2 1/2 c. milk, scalded
    3/4 tsp. vanilla
    3 eggs, separated
    1/3 c. sugar
    1 baked 8-inch pie shell
Preparation
    Melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler.
    Mix the flour, sugar and salt; stir into chocolate.
    Add the milk slowly, stirring constantly, until fully thickened, about 15 minutes. Beat the egg yolks well.
    Stir in a little of the chocolate into the eggs; then return to the hot mixture and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
    Remove from heat and cool partially.
    Stir in vanilla.
    Pour into pie shell.
    Beat egg whites until soft peaks form; then add 1/3 cup sugar until stiff.
    Swirl the meringue over the pie.
    Bake at 350\u00b0 for 5 to 10 minutes or until golden brown.

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