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  • Lemon Merringue Pie

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    Lemon Merringue Pie
    Servings: 8 servings
    by colleen
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    Nan's recipe ( My grandmother, Margaret Rudis)

    Ingredients

    • 1 baked pie crust
    • 4 large lemons
    • 4 eggs, separated
    • 4 cups sugar
    • 4 cups boiling hot water
    • 1 cup cornstarch
    • cold water
    • 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
    • 8 tbsp. sugar
    • 4 egg whites

    Directions

    1. Grate the rinds off of the 4 lemons and set aside. Now sqeeze the juice out of the lemons and set aside.
    2. Into the 4 cups of the hot boiliing water, slowly stir in the lemon rind, lemon juice, 4 egg yolks and the 4 cups of sugar. Bring the whole mixture to a boil stirring constantly. Combine the cornstarch and enough cold water to make a paste.
    3. Stir paste into lemon mixture slowly until thick. When mixture thickens, let clear. Then add 4 tbsp. butter. Let cool.
    4. Beat the egg whites, cream of tartar and sugar till very stiff peaks form.
    5. When lemon mixture is cool pour into a baked pie crust. Cover pie entirely with the meringue.
    6. Stick under broiler till meringue starts to brown.
    7. ***YOU HAVE TO WATCH PIE UNDER BROILER, WHEN IT STARTS TO BROWN IT WILL BE DONE VERY FAST.

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