Recipe: Peter's Scrimshaw Inn Rum Pie

Peter's Scrimshaw Inn Rum Pie

1 1/4 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
3/8 cup milk
3 tbsp flour
2 tbsp cornstarch
2 egg yolks
1/2 tsp vanilla
3 tbsp butter
2 tbsp dark Myers's Rum
baked 9-inch graham cracker crust
whipped cream
bittersweet chocolate; grated

Combine first three ingredients and bring to a boil.

Mix remaining milk, flour, cornstarch and egg yolks and add boiling mixture slowly. Return to saucepan, cook slowly, stirring until thick. Cook slightly; beat in vanilla, butter and rum.

Turn into the crust and chill. Top with whipped cream and grated chocolate.

From: The Nantucket Diet Murders by Virginia Rich