Angel Pie
From ttaaccoo 15 years ago
- 1 minutes to make
- Serves 8
strawberries garnish a lemon-flavored filling in an old fashioned meringue crust
Ingredients
- Preheat oven 275* F. butter a 9 inch pie pan. shopping list
- 4 eggs. at room temp. shopping list
- 1/4 tsp salt shopping list
- 1/4 tsp cream of tartar shopping list
- 1.5 cups sugar shopping list
- 1/4 cup lemon juice(fresh!) shopping list
- 1 Tablespoon lemon zest shopping list
- 1.5 cups heavy cream(or Cool Whip) shopping list
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar shopping list
- 2 cups strawberries, washed, hulled, sliced (or chopped mangoes, or /and blueberries, Peaches and Nectarines bursting with drippy ripeness, etc.etc.) Titrate the sugar amounts to the fruit and your sensiblities. shopping list
How to make it
- Combine egg whites, salt and cream of tartar in a large mixing bowl. Beat until soft peaks form. Slowly add 1 cup sugar and beat until shiny peaks form. Spread mixture in pie pan , bulding up a rim about 1 inch higher than the edge of the pan. Bake 1 hour, or until meringue is lightly golden and firm to the touch. Let cool in turned-off oven with door open.
- Beat yolks until thick and pale yellow. Slowly beat in remaining 1/2 half cup sugar. Add lemon juice and zest.
- In a microwave safe vessel, like a 4 cup purex measuring cup, zap the mixture in 2 minute increments, whisking well before zapping again. Do this until mixture thickens. (different microwaves have varying powers, so watch carefully .) Let cool to room temp.
- If using heavy cream, Beat until stiff enough to hold peaks. Refrigerate until assembly time. OR: keep an eye on the defrosting container of Cool Whip . ( I use Fat Free)
- Sprinkle powdered sugar over berries, gently toss.
- Assembly:
- Gently fold 1 cup whipped cream (or cool whip) into lemon custard, mix only until blended. Spread mixture over the bottom of the meringue shell. Fold berries into remaining whipped cream, and pile on top of filling.
- If desired, decorate the pie with whole berries, or a little strawberry juice drizzled on top.
- I found this recipe in the San Francisco Chronicle, sometime in the 1990's. It is a wonderful summer dessert! Enjoy
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This sounds delightful, and you are right it would be the perfect summer time dessert recipe.
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I bet this is wonderful!! Thanks
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This has to be eaten on the front porch of a southern mansion on a hot day with soft breezes blowing and the rustie of leaves surrounding you with the scent of magnolia blossoms. Can't miss.
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