The Good Earth Peanut Company

Recipe #7 Contest Winner

Cappuccino Peanut Pie

4 egg whites
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
1 c. granulated sugar
1/4 c. dark cocoa
1/2 c. chopped Virginia blanched peanuts
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1-1/2 c. heavy(whipping)cream
6 T. granulated sugar
1-1/2 tsp. dark cocoa
2 tsp. instant coffee dissolved in 2 tsp water
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/3 c. chopped Virginia blanched peanuts

Beat stiff: egg whites, cream of tartar.
Add: 1/2 c. sugar.
Fold in: 1/2 c. sugar, cocoa, 1/2 c. chopped peanuts, vanilla.

Gently spread mixture into lightly oiled 9" pie pan, pushing sides up slightly. Bake 325 degrees, 30 minutes. When cool, prepare filling: Whipping cream, whipped with 6 T. sugar, 1/2 t. vanilla, 1-1/2 tsp. dark cocoa, and coffee dissolved in water. Mound filling on meringue crust. Sprinkle with 1/3 c. chopped peanuts. Chill until serving.

Sandra Buckley

The Judges

Daniel Rogov

Daniel has been writing about food and wine for more years than he will admit in public. For the last twenty years he has been the Wine and Restaurant Critic for the Israeli Daily, Ha'Aretz. Rogov also contributes regularly on dining and wine to several European newspapers and magazines; and is an advisor to Hugh Johnson's "Pocket Wine Encyclopaedia" and contributes to Tom Stevenson’s “Wine Report”. His own book “Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines has just been published by Toby press and can be ordered through Amazon or Barnes and Nobles. He also maintains Rogov's Ramblings, an internet site devoted to wine, gastronomy and travel.

Jenise Stone

Jenise is a an avid foodie and accomplished cook from Los Angeles who contributes to the Food Lovers Discussion Group, an internet bulletin board devoted to food chat, recipe sharing and friendship.

Robin Garr

Robin Garr has been involved in wine appreciation online since the mid-1980s, serving as a manager of CompuServe's Wine Forum for nearly a decade before the evolution of the World Wide Web. He created the Wine Lovers' Page in 1994 as one of the first independent wine-education Websites, and has presided over its growth as the largest, most popular and most highly awarded wine destination on the Internet. He began its Wine Lovers' Discussion Group, the first Web-based interactive community for the intelligent and civil discussion of wine online, in 1996; and he launched his popular E-mail newsletter, The 30 Second Wine Advisor, at the start of 1999.