Orange Meringue Pie

By carolync

Ingredients

• Ingredients
• 1 1/2 1 1/2
• c
• fresh orange juice
• 1 1
• tsp
• butter
• 2 2
• Tbsp
• cornstarch
• sugar or honey to taste
• 3 3
• egg yolks
• grated rind of one orange
• 3 3
• egg whites
• 1 1
• pre baked pie shell
• We used 3 egg whites, 3 tablespoons of sugar and 1 teaspoon cream of tartar for the meringue.

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

1
in heavy saucepan dissolve cornstarch in 1/4 cup cold water

2
beat egg yolks and add to orange juice. place in saucepan with cornstarch water. sweeten to taste, this depends on how sweet the orange juice is.


3
cook slowly until mixture is thickened.


4
take from heat, add butter and orange rind zest. mix till butter melts


5
pour into prepared pie crust.


6
make meringue with egg whites, top pie with meringue and bake 350 degrees until swirls are tinted brown.