- Categories:1960s, Vintage Christmas, Vintage dessert recipes, Vintage magazines, Winter
- By The Click Americana Team
- Added or last updatedMay 12, 2020
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Fudge ribbon pie: A retro recipe from the ’60s
Here’s a show-off dessert from the freezer. Fudge ribbon pie combines peppermint ice cream and a creamy fudge sauce, frozen and then topped with a peppermint meringue.
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Fudge ribbon pie
Yield: 8 servings
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Additional Time: 6 hours
Total Time: 7 hours
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
- 1 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup evaporated milk
- 1 pint softened pink peppermint ice cream
- 9-inch pastry shell (baked and cooled)
- 3 egg whites
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons crushed peppermint-stick candy
Instructions
- Start by preparing fudge sauce: In a saucepan, mix 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, 2-ounces (squares) unsweetened chocolate, 1 cup sugar, and one 6-ounce can (2/3 cup) evaporated milk.
- Cook and stir till mixture is thick and bubbly.
- Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla.
- Cool.
- Spread 1 pint softened pink peppermint ice cream in baked and cooled 9-inch pastry shell.
- Cover with half the cooled fudge sauce; freeze till firm.
- Repeat layer of ice cream and fudge sauce.
- Freeze overnight or till firm.
- Just before serving, spread peppermint meringue over chocolate layer; seal to edge.
- To make the peppermint meringue: Beat 3 egg whites with 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar till soft peaks form.
- Gradually add 6 tablespoons sugar, beating till stiff peaks form and all sugar is dissolved.
- Fold in 3 tablespoons crushed peppermint-stick candy.
- Bake in 475 (F) oven 5 to 6 minutes, till meringue is golden.
- Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon crushed peppermint stick candy.
- Place pie on wooden board.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 377Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 34mgSodium: 131mgCarbohydrates: 57gFiber: 2gSugar: 46gProtein: 7g
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- Categories: 1960s, Vintage Christmas, Vintage dessert recipes, Vintage magazines, Winter
- Tags: 1967, 1968, 1969, desserts, ice cream, meringue, peppermint, recipe, retro recipes, Vintage chocolate, vintage christmas desserts, vintage dessert recipes, Vintage pie recipes, vintage recipes
- Added or last updatedMay 12, 2020
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