Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, diner style lemon meringue pie. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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.

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

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have diner style lemon meringue pie using 22 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Diner Style Lemon Meringue Pie:

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

So you can half the recipe if desired. You may want to blind bake your pie shell before you start the lemon filling, tempering eggs takes a bit of time, and you will want to give that portion of the cooking your undivided attention. And so—now I'm on my path to a terrific lemon meringue pie. I think this will be a life journey, though I am pretty pleased with this recipe today.

Steps 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.

There are different camps of tartness vs. sweetness. Gloria's lemon meringue pie is the stuff of legend. Lockdown is giving us a little more time to be creative in the kitchen, and happily our favourite restaurants have obliged by putting recipes for their best dishes online. 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.

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