
Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, diner style lemon meringue pie. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Diner Style Lemon Meringue Pie is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Diner Style Lemon Meringue Pie is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have 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:
- Prepare deep dish pie crust
- Get Filling:
- Make ready cornstarch
- Get granulated sugar
- Prepare salt
- Prepare Zest of 2 lemons
- Make ready water
- Take fresh lemon juice. See note
- Take butter not margarine
- Get egg yolks (keep whites for meringue)
- Get Mile High Meringue:
- Prepare egg whites
- Get granulated sugar
- Get salt
- Get vanilla extract
- Take Secret to no weep meringue:
- Get granulated sugar
- Get cornstarch
- Get water
- Get Note:
- Get I like mine slightly tart so I use 1/2 cup lemon juice
- Take Use 1/4 cup or to your preference for sweeter or tangier filling
Instructions 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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