My dad has never been one to like sweets all that much. I remember growing up he would always say "You know Mel, chocolate (pie, ice cream, etc...) isn't very good for you". Which I would generally ignore but will never forget him saying. I always knew the only kind of sweets he might actually want to eat was apple pie, an ice cream sundae with peanuts and lemon meringue pie. Even though I have never made a lemon meringue pie before but I thought it was something I had to try to make him for father's day. So, I found a recipe and while the steps seem pretty intimidating it wasn't all that difficult! It's not my favorite kind of pie (I'm a blackberry pie kind of gal) but it came out pretty darn good if I do say so myself! So here's the recipe!
INGREDIENTS:
LEMON FILLING
1 cup white sugar (I think you could do 3/4 cup depending how sweet you like it)
2 tbsp all purpose flour
3 tbsp cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups water
2 lemons juiced & zested
2 tbsp butter
4 egg yolks
MERINGUE
4 egg whites
6 tbsp white sugar
1 pie crust
1. Bake pie crust in 9 inch pie pan for 10 minutes (until golden brown)
2. Mix the first 6 ingredients together and bring to a boil. Once boiling add the butter. Once the butter has melted scoop out 1/2 cup of sugar mixture and whisk together with the egg yolks. Stir the egg yolk mixture back into sugar mixture and continue stirring until it becomes a thick substance. Add to baked pie crust.
3. Take the 4 egg whites and begin to mix them together with the electric mixer until they become foamy. Slowly mix in the 6 tbsps of white sugar until peaks begin to form. Spoon the meringue onto the lemon filling sealing the edges at the crust.
4. Bake pie for 10 minutes.
5. Cut & Enjoy!
