Prune Whip Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. cooked, dried prunes
1/4 c. juice from prunes
1 1/2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 c. sugar
pinch of salt
2 eggs, separated
1/2 c. milk
1 tsp. gelatin
2 Tbsp. cold water
baked 8 or 9-inch pastry shell

Preparation

Remove stones from prunes and press pulp through food mill or coarse sieve.
Add juice, sugar and salt.
Beat egg yolks; add milk and cook over boiling water, stirring constantly, until mixture coats spoon.
Remove from heat at once and stir in gelatin, which has been softened 5 minutes in the cold water.
Add to prunes when cool.
Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
Pour into baked shell and chill in refrigerator.