Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe
The lemon meringue is a delightful and lemony dessert meringue flavored with lemon peels and juice. Prepared with flour, eggs, sugar and butter mixed together and filledin a pastry shell. The lemon meringue is one of my summer dessert favorites.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Dash salt
1 1/2 cups hot water
3 slightly beaten egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 9-inch baked pastry shell
3 egg whites
1 teaspoon lemon juice
6 tablespoons sugar
Directions
Combine first 4 ingredients blend in water.
Bring to boiling over high heat; stirring constantly.
Reduce heat to medium; cook and stir 8 minutes more.
Remove from heat.
Stir small amount hot mixture into egg yolks; return to hot mixture.
Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly.
Reduce heat to low; cook and stir 4 minutes longer.
Remove from heat.
Add lemon peel and butter.
Stir in 1/3 cup lemon juice.
Cover entire surface with clear plastic wrap; cool 10 minutes.
Pour into cooled pastry.
Cool.
Beat egg whiteswith 1 teaspoon lemon juice till soft peaks form.
Gradually add 6 tablespoons sugar, beating till stiff peaks form and sugar is dissolved.
Spread over filling, sealing to edges of pastry.
Bake at 350° 12 to 15 minutes.
Cool.
Bring to boiling over high heat; stirring constantly.
Reduce heat to medium; cook and stir 8 minutes more.
Remove from heat.
Stir small amount hot mixture into egg yolks; return to hot mixture.
Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly.
Reduce heat to low; cook and stir 4 minutes longer.
Remove from heat.
Add lemon peel and butter.
Stir in 1/3 cup lemon juice.
Cover entire surface with clear plastic wrap; cool 10 minutes.
Pour into cooled pastry.
Cool.
Beat egg whiteswith 1 teaspoon lemon juice till soft peaks form.
Gradually add 6 tablespoons sugar, beating till stiff peaks form and sugar is dissolved.
Spread over filling, sealing to edges of pastry.
Bake at 350° 12 to 15 minutes.
Cool.
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