Diner Style Lemon Meringue Pie
Diner Style Lemon Meringue Pie

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, diner style lemon meringue pie. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Diner Style Lemon Meringue Pie is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Diner Style Lemon Meringue Pie is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

Spread meringue over pie and with spoon slightly tap top and pull up to form small peaks. Cool completely and refrigerate covered in cake carrier so the meringue doesnt get messed up. Spread meringue over pie and with spoon slightly tap top and pull up to form small peaks.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. 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:
  1. Get deep dish pie crust
  2. Make ready Filling:
  3. Take cornstarch
  4. Get granulated sugar
  5. Take salt
  6. Prepare Zest of 2 lemons
  7. Take water
  8. Make ready fresh lemon juice. See note
  9. Make ready butter not margarine
  10. Take egg yolks (keep whites for meringue)
  11. Make ready Mile High Meringue:
  12. Make ready egg whites
  13. Take granulated sugar
  14. Get salt
  15. Prepare vanilla extract
  16. Take Secret to no weep meringue:
  17. Make ready granulated sugar
  18. Get cornstarch
  19. Make ready water
  20. Take Note:
  21. Take I like mine slightly tart so I use 1/2 cup lemon juice
  22. Make ready Use 1/4 cup or to your preference for sweeter or tangier filling

Pour hot filling into cooled piecrust. Spread the meringue over the hot lemon pie filling; carefully seal all around the edge of the piecrust to prevent shrinkage. The beautiful, the timeless, the Classic Lemon Meringue Pie. ♥ My lemon meringue pie recipe has a billowy and toasty meringue topping, a balanced sweet/tart lemon filling, and an extra thick and flaky pie crust. I worked on this recipe for a long time, making at least a dozen meringue pies in the past few months.

Instructions to make Diner Style Lemon Meringue Pie:
  1. Make your own 9 inch crust or use frozen. Bake at 350 until light golden brown. Cool completely.
  2. In heavy bottom sauce pan, combine sugar, cornstarch and water. Stir until dissolved.
  3. Heat over medium heat,stirring often,until thick and bubbling slightly.
  4. Whisk egg yolks and add 3 spoons of hot thickened filling to temper eggs stirring constantly.
  5. Add butter, lemon zest, lemon juice and tempered eggs into thickened mixture and stirring constantly cook until mixture thickens more and bubbles slightly.
  6. Pour filling into pre baked crust. Set on wire rack to cool.
  7. Wash pan and add 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 tablespoon cornstarch. Whisk.
  8. Stir in 1/2 cup water and cook until mixture thickens and starts to look like it is getting clear.
  9. Set aside to cool completely.
  10. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Add in the 4 tablespoons of sugar and vanilla.
  11. Beat to incorporate. Add the cooled mixture to egg whites and continue beating until stiff peaks form.
  12. Spread meringue over pie and with spoon slightly tap top and pull up to form small peaks.
  13. Brown in 350 degree oven until light brown.
  14. Cool completely and refrigerate covered in cake carrier so the meringue doesnt get messed up.
  15. Cool completely. I usually make mine a day ahead and let it chill overnight.

In a saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch and salt. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened. This is a good, but fairly standard lemon meringue pie with a rich, tart filling, and fluffy meringue. I prefer lemon meringue pie recipes like this one that call for water, rather than recipes using milk. So you can half the recipe if desired.

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