Lemon Meringue Pie

After a rich festive feast, guests will be happy to enjoy a cool slice of delicious lemon meringue pie from Alton Brown soaked in fresh citrus juice and coated light, airless. Share with friends: Time: 2 hours. 42 minutes Difficulty: medium Servings: 6-8 In recipes volumetric containers are used in volume: 1 cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cups (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (Art.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

Lemon Filling

• 4 egg yolks (save whites for meringues)
• 1/3 Art. starch
• 1.5 tbsp. water
• 1 and 1/3 Art. Sahara
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3 tbsp. l (45 gr.) Butter
• 1/2 tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 tbsp. l finely grated lemon peel
• 1 baked base for a pie with a diameter of 23 cm. From shortbread chopped dough

Meringue

• 4 egg whites
• Tartar on the tip of a knife
• 2 tbsp. l Sahara

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Recipe preparation:

1. Place the wire rack in the middle of the oven. Preheat it to 190 ° C.
2. Lemon filling: whisk in a medium-sized bowl whisk egg yolks.
3. In a medium-sized stewpan, mix starch, water, sugar and salt. Shuffle. Put on medium heat and, stirring frequently, bring the mixture to a boil. Boil for 1 min. Remove from heat and gradually capturing a small amount of the mixture with a whisk, mix it into egg yolks until you introduce it in such a way as at least half the mixture.
4. Pour the egg mixture back into the saucepan, put on again slow fire and cook, stirring constantly, for another 1 min. Take off from the fire, gently inject the oil, lemon juice and zest and well mix. Pour the mixture into the base of the pie and lay on top meringues while the filling is still hot. Make sure the meringues are fully covers the filling and is located on the edge of the cake.
5. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the meringue is golden colors. Remove the cake from the oven and cool on the wire rack. Before by slicing, make sure that the cake is completely cool.
   

   Meringue

   In the bowl of the stationary mixer, having installed the nozzle-whisk, place egg whites and tartar. Beat the squirrels to soft peaks, then gradually add sugar and continue whisking until steady peaks, about 1-2 minutes. Put meringues on lemon stuffing.