Old Fashioned Lemon Meringue Pie
From vivian 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 8
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.
Ingredients
- Line a flan dish with shortcrust pastry and bake blind then fill with one of the following fillings shopping list
- TRADITIONAL shopping list
- 3 oz corn flour shopping list
- 4 large lemons shopping list
- 1 pint boiling water shopping list
- 6oz caster sugar shopping list
- 4 egg yolks shopping list
- knob of butter shopping list
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- FARMHOUSE lemon curd shopping list
- 5oz butter shopping list
- 12oz caster sugar shopping list
- 3 1/2 lemons juice and rind shopping list
- 3 beaten eggs + 2 yolks shopping list
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- MERINGUE shopping list
- 4 egg whites shopping list
- 7 oz caster sugar shopping list
How to make it
- 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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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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