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- From: Susie Milner <SXM20@PSUVM.PSU.edu>
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Lemon Meringue Pie
- Message-ID: <94251.084530SXM20@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 20:18:06 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Penn State University
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- Lemon Meringue Pie
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- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 4 egg yolks
- 1-3/4 cups water
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 3 Tbsp butter or margarine
- 1 tsp grated lemon rind
- 1 baked 9-inch pastry shell
- Meringue (recipe follows)
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- Combine first 3 ingredients in a saucepan. Set this aside. Combine egg
- yolks, water, and lemon juice; stir into sugar mixture. Cook over medium
- heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil one
- minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in butter and
- lemon rind. Spoon into pastry shell. Spread meringue over hot filling.
- Bake pie at 325F for 25-28 minutes.
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- Meringue
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- 4-6 egg whites
- 1/2 to 3/4 tsp cream of tartar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
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- Beat egg whites and cream of tartar at high speed just until foamy.
- Gradually add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks
- form and sugar dissolves (2-4 minutes). Add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, beating
- well.
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- Courtesy of Southern Living.
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