Heavenly Pie Lemon Meringue Reversed Food

HEAVENLY PIE ( LEMON MERINGUE REVERSED)

Steps:

• Sift together 1 cup sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar.
• In a large grease-free mixing bowl beat the egg whites at a slow steady speed. When they are foamy gradually add the cream of tartar and sugar mixture. When the meringue begins to form soft peaks, increase to a moderate beating speed.
• Beat another 5 minutes, until the meringue is thick, but still glossy, and forms peaks when the beaters are lifted.
• Line a well greased 9 or 10 inch pie pan with meringue mixture to form a pie crust.
• Bake for 1 hour at 225 degrees.
• Stir in 1/2 cup sugar to egg yolks with lemon juice and zest, cook in double boiler (or Micro) until very thick about 8-10 minutes.
• Cool.
• Combine 1/2 whipped cream with Lemon egg mixture and fill meringue shell, chill 24 hours.
• Cover with remaining whipped cream.
• Serve AWAY!

EVELYN WEBSTER'S LEMON MERINGUE PIE

Steps:

• Prepare any basic pie shell; preheat conventional oven to 350 degrees for browning meringue.
• To make filling, mix sugar, cornstarch and water in a 1-quart casserole. Cook in microwave oven at 100 percent power 1 1/2 minutes. Stir; turn microwave to 100 percent power and cook 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until thick.
• Beat a little of the hot mixture into the egg yolks; then stir egg mixture into remaining hot cornstarch and sugar mixture. Cook 45 seconds in microwave oven at 100 percent power. Blend in lemon juice, rind and butter. Pour into shell.
• To make meringue, beat egg whites and cream of tartar in a mixing bowl until frothy. Beat in sugar, a little at a time. Continue beating until stiff. Beat in vanilla.
• Place meringue onto filling, being careful to seal meringue to edge of crust. Put pie in conventional oven; brown lightly at 350 degrees.

LEMON MERINGUE PIE

Steps:

• Sift the flour and icing sugar into a bowl.
• Rub in the butter.
• Add the egg YOLK and enough water to make the ingredients cling together.
• Press the dough into a ball and knead lightly on a lightly floured surface until smooth.
• Cover/wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Then, roll the dough out, large enough to line a 24cm flan tin.
• (ensure the tin is lightly greased before placing the pastry dough in) AT THIS STAGE you can either trim the edges now, or, wait until the pastry has been baked in the oven- this way the pastry will not"shrink" away fron the sides!
• (or atleast ALLOWS for any"shrinkage") Line the pastry with baking paper and fill with rice or beans.
• Bake in moderately hot oven (210-230'C) for 10 minutes after which time remove the paper and rice/beans and bake a further 10 minutes- or until the pastry is lightly browned.
• Cool to room temperature.
• Now make the filling and spread it into the pastry case: Combine the cornflour and sugar in a pan and GRADUALLY stir in the lemon juice and water.
• Stir until smooth and then stir over heat until the mixture boils (and thickens)- the mixture should be VERRRY thick!
• Reduce the heat and QUICKLY stir in the grated lemon rind, egg YOLKS and butter.
• Stir until the butter is melted then cover and cool to room temperature.
• Now for the MERINGUE!
• Beat the egg WHITES until soft peaks form, then GRADUALLY add the castor sugar.
• Beat well until sugar is dissolved.
• Spread the meringue on top or the filling.
• Bake in MODERATE oven (180-200'C) for about 5 minutes or until the meringue is lightly browned.
• TIP: ensure the meringue covers the edge of the pastry case- this will prevent the meringue from'sliding' in from the edge!