Riverhead grill's old fashioned lemon meringue pie

8 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1½ cup Sugar
⅓ cup Cornstarch
2 teaspoons Grated lemon zest
⅓ cup Fresh lemon juice
2½ cup Water
3 tablespoons Unsalted butter, cut up
3 eaches Egg yolks
1 each Baked 9-inch pie shell Meringue--
5 eaches Egg whites
¼ teaspoon Cream of tartar
⅔ cup Sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325.

2. Stir together sugar and cornstarch in medium size saucepan until well blended. Gradually stir in lemon zest and juice until smooth.

Mix in water and butter; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and then boil for 1 minute.

3. Beat egg yolks slightly in small bowl. Whisk in about half of lemon juice mixture. Stir yolk mixture into lemon juice mixture in sauce pan. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, 1 to 2 minutes until mixture thickens slightly. Pour into the pie shell.

4. Prepare Meringue: Combine egg whites and cream of tartar in a medium-size bowl. Beat at medium speed until soft peaks form. Then gradually beat in sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, and continue to beat until stiff peaks form.

5. Spread meringue over hot filling so it touches piecrust all around edge.

6. Bake in preheat 325 oven until meringue is browned and temperature in center of meringue registers 140 on instant-read thermometer, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove to wire rack and cool to room temperature.

Refrigerate until chilled, 4 hours or overnight.

Calories per serving: Number of Servings: 8 Fat grams per serving: Approx. Cook Time: Cholesterol per serving: Marks:

Submitted By MARY SMITH On 04-03-95

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