Lemon Merengue Pie

By tonyandkim

Ingredients

• 9 inch baked pie shell
• Filling
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/3 cup corn starch
• 4 large egg yolks
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 2 cups water
• 2 tbsp butter, cut up
• 2 tsp lemon zest
• Merengue
• 4 Large egg whites
• 1/2 tsp cream of tarter
• 1/2 cup sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Filling
Whisk together sugar and corn starch, whisk in egg yolk and lemon juice until smooth. Stir in water, continue stirring over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Boil and stir until mixture is thick. Remove from heat, stir in lemon zest and butter. Pour into baked pie shell.

Merengue
Beat egg whites and cream of tarter until soft peaks form, add sugar little at a time and beat until firm peaks form. Spread over filling and cook at 350 until merengue has browned. About 13 minutes.