Thursday, September 20

Lemon Meringue Pie

6x6 o/b Ingredients : 1 cup white sugar, 2T all purpose flour, 3 T cornstarch, 1/4 tsp salt, 1 1/2cups water.
2 lemons, juiced and zested, 2T butter, 4 egg yolks, beaten.
1 9" pie crust, baked, 4 egg whites 6 T sugar. 350 oven preheated.
Lemon Filling: in a med sauce pan, whisk together 1 cup sugar, flour, cornstarch and salt. Stir in water, lemon juice and lemon zest.Cook over med high heat stirring frequently until mixture comes to a boil.Stir in butter. Place egg yolks in a small bowl and gradually whisk in 1/2cup hot sugar mixture. Whisk egg yolk mixture back into remaining sugar mixture. Bring to a boil and continue to cook while stirring constantly until thick. Remove from heat. Pour filling into baked pastry shell.
Meringue: In a large glass or metal bowl, whip egg whites until foamy. Add sugar gradually, continue to whip until until stiff peaks for. Spread over oie and and gook for 10n minutes till golden. Delicious!!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wnat a bite!
Andrea

susan jenkins said...

Hahaha, me too! What is it about the desserts?? My next one is blackberry cream WHY?? They really are pretty tho, as well as yummy!!

Thankyou for writing,

XO Susan

Julie Whitmore Pottery said...

Crazy about the 'pie paintings'

Is this one still for sale?

K.

Anonymous said...

Love ALL the pie paintings!!!!!!

Julie

susan jenkins said...

Thankyou Julie!!

I love the pies too,so fun to paint them. Don't we just love pie?

XO Susan