Strawberry Sponge Pie

By carvalhohm2

Ingredients

• 1 unbaked pie shell
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tbs flour
• 1 qt berries (4 cups sliced strawberries)
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1/2 cup milk

Details

Adapted from flouronmyface.com

Preparation

Step 1

This recipe makes enough filling for one nine inch pie crust. There will be enough filling left over to fill 4 small ramekins. See my Musing From The Vintage Recipe Project post

Hull the berries and rinse with cold water. In a large bowl mix the berries, sugar and flour. Stir the evenly coat the berries.

Beat the egg yolks in a small bowl and mix with the milk. Add the egg milk mixture to the bowl of strawberries and mix well. Beat the egg whites in a medium bowl until stiff.

Fold the stiffly beaten egg whites into the strawberry mixture and pour into the unbaked pie shell.

The pie had a very nice texture and flavor. The beaten egg whites floated to the top and give the top of the pie a nice crisp meringue texture. Think marbled meringue. I say marbled because the strawberries poked through the meringue on the top of the pie. The juices didn’t run all over the plate when I sliced it which I liked very much.