Bouffant Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe

Bouffant Lemon Meringue Pie has a Sole taste. The mixture of Sweet Short Pastry, egg yolks, sugar, lemon juice and orange rind gives the Bouffant Lemon Meringue Pie Stimulating taste.

Summary

CuisineAmericanCourseDessert
MethodBaked

Ingredients

 
1/2 recipe Basic Sweet Short Pastry
 
8 egg yolks
 
1 1/2 cups sugar
 
2/3 cup fresh lemon juice
 
2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
 
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
 
2 tablespoons grated lemon rind
 
4 egg whites
 
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
 
1 recipe Meringue Topping

Directions

Roll out pastry on lightly floured surface to 1/8 inch-thick circle.
Line greased 10-inch pie pan with pastry; trim along inside rim of pie pan.
Roll out pastry trimmings into long strip 1 inch wide; make folds in strip at 1-inch intervals.
Place upright along edge of pastry in pie pan; overlap 1/2 inch.
Seal strip to pastry with water.
Bake blind ( Basic Pastry) in preheated 400°F oven 10 minutes.
Reduce oven temperature to 375 °F.
Bake 15 minutes.
Remove from oven; remove peas and paper.
Bake 4 to 5 minutes longer, until lightly browned; cool.
Beat egg yolks in mixer bowl with electric mixer until lemon-colored.
Add 1 cup sugar gradually; beat until well blended.
Beat in lemon juice gradually; pour into top of double boiler over hot water.
Cook, beating constantly, until thickened and foamy.
Soften gelatin in 1/4 cup water; stir into egg-yolk mixture until dissolved.
Place top of double boiler in bowl of iced water; stir until cooled.
Stir in orange and lemon rinds.
Beat egg whites and cream of tartar in large mixer bowl until soft peaks form.
Fold 1/4 of egg-white mixture into gelatin mixture with wire whisk or spatula to loosen gelatin mixture.
Fold in remaining egg-white mixture until well blended, turn into pie crust.
Spoon Meringue Topping over filling carefully, sealing to crust; twirl top with spoon.
Bake in a preheated 400°F oven 5 to 8 minutes or until meringue is golden brown.
Cool thoroughly.
Pie can be chilled until served.

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