Luscious Lemon Meringue Pie

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Luscious Lemon Meringue Pie

Ingredients

  • a 9" pie dish lined with piecrust Baked:-
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 1 1/3 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup corn starch
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • add - 1 2/3 cup water
  • 2/3 cup lemon juice
  • 3 Tablespoon Butter or Margarine
  • 1 Tablespoon + 1 tsp grated lemon Zest

Directions

  1. Lightly beat yolks. In Pot Combine sugar, corn starch and salt. Stir in 1 2/3 cups water until smooth.
  2. Over medium high heat, cook, stirring constantly until mixture thickens, 5 minutes.
  3. Gradually Beat 1 cup hot sugar mixture into yolks; stir mixture Back into pot. Bring to Boil stirring constantly, cook 1-2 min.
  4. Remove from heat. Stir in lemon juice, Butter & Zest. Pour into crust set aside.

Timing: 5 minutes; 1-2 min.

Equipment: 9-inch pie dish; pot

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Meringue for Lemon Pie

Ingredients

  • 4 egg whites
  • 3/4 teaspoon cream of Tarter; 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup sugar.

Directions

  1. At medium speed mix whites with cream of Tarter.; At high speed beat in Vanilla and sugar
  2. Beat until soft peaks form.
  3. Spread meringue over filling, sealing it to crust.
  4. Bake 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
  5. Cool completely on rack.
  6. Refrigerate before serving.

Timing: 15 minutes

Temperature: Cool completely; refrigerate; faint candidate 350° baking note

Equipment: rack; refrigerator

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