Tart Lemon Meringue Pie
Lemon Meringue Pie is a summertime classic.
Makes: 8 servings
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours 35 minutes
Recipe Created By: Mary Carter
Featured In: Tennessee Home & Farm
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours 35 minutes
Recipe Created By: Mary Carter
Featured In: Tennessee Home & Farm
Ingredients
- 1 pie crust (for 9-inch pie)
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- ⅓ cup plus 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 ½ cups water
- 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- ¾ cup lemon juice
Meringue
- 3 egg whites
- ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Bake pie crust according to package or recipe instructions. Allow to cool.
- Heat oven to 400 degrees. In a small bowl, beat egg yolks with fork. Set aside.
- In a large saucepan, mix together sugar and cornstarch. Slowly stir in water and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir for 1 minute.
- Immediately stir about half of the hot mixture into the egg yolks, then stir the combined yolks-sugar-cornstarch mixture back into the remaining hot mixture in the saucepan. Boil and stir for 2 minutes, then remove from heat. Stir in butter, lemon zest and lemon juice. Pour into cooled pie crust.
- In a medium bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar on high speed until foamy. Beat in sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, until stiff peaks form. Once your meringue is stiff and glossy, beat in vanilla.
- Carefully spoon meringue onto hot pie filling, spreading all the way to the edge of the crust.
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My Mother made tart lemon meringue pies when I was a boy in the 40s and 50s and I loved them. All you find now are too sweet. I will make one for Christmas and see how it turns out. Thanks!
How long is the pie baked after adding the meringue and at what temperature?
You forgot the last step. Use back of spoon to make peaks. Either put in oven till browned or use torch.