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Old Fashioned Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe

	Vivian / All my dishes 2 years, 5 months ago There are 3 ways to make this with the following fillings. all are equally delicious. As this is a very old recipe I do not have the metric measurements. I will convert them eventually. Prep:15m Cook:20m Servings:8	Vivian
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Ingredients

Line a flan dish with shortcrust pastry and bake blind then fill with one of the following fillings

TRADITIONAL

3 oz corn flour

4 large lemons

1 pint boiling water

6oz caster sugar

4 egg yolks

knob of butter

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FARMHOUSE LEMON CURD

5oz butter

12oz caster sugar

3 1/2 lemons juice and rind

3 beaten eggs + 2 yolks

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MERINGUE

4 egg whites

7 oz caster sugar

Directions

Preheat oven 150c gas 2

TRADITIONAL

Mix together in a bowl cornflour grated rind and juice of the lemons

Pour the boiling water onto the mixture, return to the pan and stir over heat for about 2-3 minutes until thick

remove from heat, beat in the caster sugar the 4 egg yolks and the knob of butter

Cool

Cover with meringue topping

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FARMHOUSE LEMON CURD

Melt the butter, 12oz of sugar juice and lemon grated rind in the top of a double saucepan over boiling water

Add the beaten eggs +2 yolks

Stir until thick

Cool

Cover with meringue topping

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MERINGUE TOPPING

Whisk the 4 egg whites until stiff add 7oz of sugar gradually whisk again for a short while until the meringue mix is stiff

Spoon or pipe over the lemon filling

Cook for 20 minutes until pale beige

For an original version, mix 1/2pint of double whipped cream with the lemon curd, and decorate with a border of tiny cooked meringues

ENJOY!!!

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Comments

krumkake 2 years, 5 months ago said:
Wonderful - thank you for another great post! We love lemon meringue pie, and your lemon curd sounds heavenly -

nanny 2 years, 2 months ago said:
I make lemon curd for my daughter and her favorite pie is lemon meringue.This will make her very happy.

annieamie 8 months, 1 week ago said:
Both of these are greaet recipes and I'm so glad that you took the time to post them! Thanks so much for sharing!

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