This is the best lemon meringue pie! Lemon
and tart custard filling, topped with meringue sauce . Do this when you want
something impressive.
Grandma May was famous for her sweet tooth.
How she lived to the age of 97 on a diet that included jelly donuts, I have no
idea.
She loved bread, and the lemon meringue was
a favorite. I still remember the magic of the whipped meringue that went into
the oven like soft, cloudy pillows and exited with strength and a golden brown.
Take that first bite? Chopping light
meringue and eating lemon butter filling? sigh.
Now as much as I love my grandma's lemon
pie, she left no record of the recipe she found. but this? It is even better. I
think it's the best recipe for lemon pie.
* Ingredients :
° White sugar: 1 cup
° All-purpose flour: 2 tablespoons
° Cornstarch: 3 tablespoons
° Salt: 1/4 teaspoon
° Water: 1 1/2 cups
° Lemons: 2 (squeezed and grated)
° Butter: 2 tablespoons
° 1 egg yolk: 4 (beaten)
° Pie crust: 1 (9 inches) (baked)
° Egg white: 4
° White sugar: 6 tablespoons
* Preparation :
1. To begin, preheat the oven temperature
to 350 degrees.
2. To prepare the lemon filling, you must
whisk together one cup of sugar, flour, cornstarch and salt in a medium
saucepan, then add water, lemon juice and lemon peel. Immediately cook over
medium-high heat with constant stirring until mixture comes to a boil. And
please stir in the butter. The yolks should be placed in a small bowl, whisking
gradually in half a cup of the hot sugar mixture.
3. At this point, be sure to whisk the egg
yolk mixture again into the remaining sugar mixture, bring it to a boil and
continue cooking, stirring frequently, until it thickens. Well now, you can
remove the filling from the stove and pour the filling into the baked pastry
crust.
4. To prepare the meringue, beat the egg
whites in a large cup or metal bowl until frothy. You can then add the sugar
gradually and keep whisking until stiff peaks form. The meringue should be
spread over the pie, to seal the edges at the crust.
5. To finish, you have to bake in a
preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until the meringue becomes golden brown.
ENJOY !
