Zingy Lemon Pie
CATEGORIES
INGREDIENTS
- Cooking Time: 60 mins
- Servings: 4-12 pieces
- Preparation Time: 20 mins
- Filling : 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 6 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 egg yolks, lightly beaten
- 1 tbsp grated lemon zest
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 3 tbsp cannabutter cubed
- Meringue: 5 egg whites
- 1/4 tsp cream of tarter
- 1/3 cup instant (fruit/berry sugar)
DIRECTIONS
- Lemon Filling:
- In a heavy - bottomed saucepan, whisk together sugar, cornstarch, salt, whisk in water (2 cups). Bring too a boil over med - high whisking constantly. Reduce heat to med-low simmer, whisk constantly for 3 mins. Remove from heat. Gradually whisk 1/4 of the sugar mixture into egg yolks, whisk back into pan. Cook over med-high whisking constantly for 2 mins. Remove from heat, whisk in lemon zest, lemon juice and butter until melted. Scrap into bowl, let cool for 30 mins. Scrap into shells.
- Meringue:
- In a bowl, beat egg whites with cream of tarter until soft peeks form. Beat in sugar 1 tbsp at a time until stiff peeks form. Starting at edge and using spatula spread some of the meringue around outer edge of filling. Pipe remainder meringue evenly over remaining filling.
- To finish.. Bake @ 400 until meringue is golden brown 5-6 mins. Let completely cool 5 hrs.