astray recipes: Lemon meringue

Categories: None
Yield: 1 Servings

Measure	Ingredient
1½ cup	Sugar
⅛ teaspoon	Salt
½ cup	Cornstarch
	Grated 1 lemon rind
2 cups	Water
3	Egg yolks
⅓ cup	Lemon juice
1 teaspoon	Butter
1	Baked pastry shell
3	Egg whites
¼ teaspoon	Salt
¼ teaspoon	Baking powder
6 tablespoons	Granulated sugar
1 teaspoon	Lemon juice

MERINGUE

1. combine sugar, salt, cornstarch and lemon rind in sauce pan. 2. Add boiling water, stir to blend well. 3. cook slowly for about 7 minutes, stirring constantly. color will become transparent. 4. Beat egg yolks, then add slowly to hot filling. Cook 5 minutes. 5. cool slightly and pour into baked pastry shell. 6. Cover with meringue.

MERINGUE Oven temp 325 Time 15-20 minutes 1. Add salt to egg whites and beat until foamy, then add baking powder. 2.

Beat until stiff, adding sugar gradually by spoonfuls beating well after each addition. Add flavoring. 3. Continue beating until mixture piles up fluffy and sugar is well blended and dissolved. 4. Spread meringue on pie, bringing it out to the pastry shell. 5. Spread in careless strokes, leaving surface irregular. 6. Bake as directed until a golden brown.

Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest V1 #468 by "glenn r. goble" <grgbob@...> on Dec 23, 1997

lemon meringue