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LEMON MERINGUE PIE AH BING Pie Crust: 1 1/3 c. flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 lb. butter (cold or frozen) 2 to 3 Tbsp. ice water 1 egg white, lightly beaten Lemon Filling: 2 c. sugar 6 Tbsp. cornstarch 1/4 tsp. salt 4 c. light cream 2/3 c. lemon juice 6 egg yolks, well beaten grated rind of 2 lemons Meringue: 6 egg whites 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar small dash of salt 10 Tbsp. sugar Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place flour and salt in bowl of food processor. Add cold butter (cut into 8 pieces) and process until like coarse meal. Add ice water through feed tube and process with steel knife until mixture almost holds together. Gather into a ball and chill at least one hour or overnight. Roll out and place in deep 10-inch Pyrex pie plate. Line pie shell with wax paper; weight with rice, beans or pie weights and bake for 45 minutes. Remove weights and paper, brush inside of pie shell with egg white and replace in oven for another 5 to 8 minutes. Remove and cool. Combine sugar, cornstarch and salt in heavy pan. Gradually stir in cream, then lemon juice until smooth. Add egg yolks, blending thoroughly. Cook in top of double boiler until thick enough to mound. (This can take a long time.) Remove from heat and stir in lemon rind. Cool and pour into pie shell. If you have turned off oven, preheat to 400 degrees. Beat egg whites until frothy. Add cream of tartar and salt, beating until soft peaks form. Start adding sugar a little at a time, beating well after each addition, until peaks are stiff, but not dry. With a tablespoon, place mounds of meringue around edge of pie, spreading so they touch inner edge of crust all around. Heap rest in center. Push out to border and pull up points with back of spoon. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until delicately browned. Cool on rack in kitchen away from drafts. This is a recipe from our database at Cookbooks On/Line! 1,000,000+ free recipes and free software at: http://www.cookbooks.com Accuracy is believed to be good, but is not guaranteed. This recipe posting is intended for personal use only. You can print a copy for yourself and/or your friends, but you cannot publish it or post it to any Internet or other public site without our permission. |