Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, diner style lemon meringue pie. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Diner Style Lemon Meringue Pie is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Diner Style Lemon Meringue Pie is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook diner style lemon meringue pie using 22 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Diner Style Lemon Meringue Pie:
- Get deep dish pie crust
- Make ready Filling:
- Get cornstarch
- Take granulated sugar
- Get salt
- Make ready Zest of 2 lemons
- Take water
- Prepare fresh lemon juice. See note
- Get butter not margarine
- Prepare egg yolks (keep whites for meringue)
- Get Mile High Meringue:
- Take egg whites
- Prepare granulated sugar
- Get salt
- Take vanilla extract
- Get Secret to no weep meringue:
- Take granulated sugar
- Prepare cornstarch
- Take water
- Take Note:
- Make ready I like mine slightly tart so I use 1/2 cup lemon juice
- Get Use 1/4 cup or to your preference for sweeter or tangier filling
Steps to make Diner Style Lemon Meringue Pie:
- Make your own 9 inch crust or use frozen. Bake at 350 until light golden brown. Cool completely.
- In heavy bottom sauce pan, combine sugar, cornstarch and water. Stir until dissolved.
- Heat over medium heat,stirring often,until thick and bubbling slightly.
- Whisk egg yolks and add 3 spoons of hot thickened filling to temper eggs stirring constantly.
- Add butter, lemon zest, lemon juice and tempered eggs into thickened mixture and stirring constantly cook until mixture thickens more and bubbles slightly.
- Pour filling into pre baked crust. Set on wire rack to cool.
- Wash pan and add 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 tablespoon cornstarch. Whisk.
- Stir in 1/2 cup water and cook until mixture thickens and starts to look like it is getting clear.
- Set aside to cool completely.
- Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Add in the 4 tablespoons of sugar and vanilla.
- Beat to incorporate. Add the cooled mixture to egg whites and continue beating until stiff peaks form.
- Spread meringue over pie and with spoon slightly tap top and pull up to form small peaks.
- Brown in 350 degree oven until light brown.
- Cool completely and refrigerate covered in cake carrier so the meringue doesnt get messed up.
- Cool completely. I usually make mine a day ahead and let it chill overnight.
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