Lemon Merengue Pie

Total Preparation Time

Total preparation time is 2 hours

• Preparing ingredients 15min
• Cooking filling - 20min
• Cooking crust - 15min
• Chilling - 60min

Ingredients

Filling:

• Egg yolks - 3-4
• Sugar - 1 1/2 cup
• Cornstarch - 1/3 cup
• Flour - 2 tablespoons (30ml)
• Water - 1 1/2 cup
• Butter - 3 tablespoons (45ml)
• Lemons - 2-3

Merengue:

• Egg whites - 3-4
• Sugar - 6 tablespoons (90ml)
• Vanilla - 1/2 teaspoon (2ml)

Method

1. Cook pie crust 12min at 400F (200C)
2. Separate eggs and set aside
3. Zest lemons and set aside
4. Squeeze lemons and collect the juice
5. Cook sugar, water, starch, flour, lemon juice, lemon zest, butter
6. Beat egg yolks
7. Add a bit of the lemon sugar water to the egg yolks to temper them then add it all back to the skillet and keep cooking
8. Pour into pie crust
9. Beat egg whites with vanilla
10. Add 2 tablespoons sugar (30ml)
11. Beat
12. Add 2 tablespoons sugar (30ml)
13. Beat
14. Add 1 tablespoons sugar (30ml)
15. Beat
16. Add 1 tablespoons sugar (30ml)
17. Beat to soft peaks
18. Cover pie, put back into oven to brown the merengue