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Lemon Pies

OK Jeff, here is a recipe for Lemon Meringue Pie. Sorry this is not my grandmother’s, but it is from ‘The Fanny Farmer Cookbook’, so it must be good, I will try it soon.

The ingredients;

  • Basic pastry dough for an 8” or 9” pie
  • 4 tbsp. cornstarch
  • 4 tbsp. flour
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1¼ cups sugar
  • 1½ cups water
  • Grated rind 1 lemon
  • ½ cup fresh lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp. butter (no margarine please…no…never!!!)
  • 4 egg yolks, slightly beaten
  • Meringue topping for size of pie

Technique:

  1. Pre-heat oven to 425°F.
  2. Pre-cook dough, 16-18 minutes or until lightly brown.
  3. Mix cornstarch, flour, salt, sugar ? water in a sauce-pan. Cook over medium-high heat until thickened, about 3-5 minutes.
  4. Remove from heat and stir in lemon rind, juice & butter.
  5. Stir ½ cup of the hot mixture into the yolks, then stir the yolks into the remaining hot mixture and cook, stirring, for another 3 minutes.
  6. Let cool a bit.
  7. Spread the lemon filling into the cooked pie shell.
  8. Cover with the meringue and brown under the broiler.

Enjoy!!!

And if that was good here is a real lemon pie. I made this once, I loved it, but some people didn’t.

Shaker Lemon Pie

The ingredients;

  • Basic pastry dough for an 8” or 9” two-crust pie
  • 2 large lemons
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1½ cups water
  • 4 eggs, well beaten

Technique:

  1. Slice the lemons very thin, leave rind on & remove the seeds.
  2. In a large bowl mix together the lemon slices and sugar.
  3. Let stand at least 3 hours, but overnight is better, stirring occasionally. The longer the mixture stands the softer the rinds become.
  4. Preheat oven to 450°F
  5. Line a pie pan with half the pastry dough.
  6. Stir the beaten eggs into the lemon mixture and pour into the pie crust.
  7. Put top crust on, crimp edges and cut some vents in the dough.
  8. Bake for 15 minutes, then lower the heat to 375°F and bake for another 20 minutes or until a knife comes out clean when inserted in the center.

Enjoy!!!

I will have to make one of these soon, I have been into pastry dough lately. I made Tourtière for supper tonight.

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