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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  North American >> Canadian >> Canadian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Combine salt sugar cornstarch and 1/2 cup of the cold water together in a saucepot. Mix well. Gradually add 1 1/2 cups boiling water stirring well, and cook over medium heat until mixture thickens and comes to a low boil. Continue to boil one minute. Remove from heat, add a little of the mixture into the slightly beaten egg yolks, stirring well. Then add all back into the pot and return to heat, and cook one more minute. | 2. Remove from heat, add in the butter, lemon zest and lemon juice. | 3. mix well and allow to cool slightly. | 4. Pour cooled lemon filling into cooled prebaked pie shell, and completely cool at room temperature. | 5. Whip the egg whites with the cream of tartar until soft peaks form, gradually add in the sugar continue beating until stiff peaks are formed. | 6. Spread the meringue over the room temperature cooled pie, sealing right to the crusts edges. | 7. Bake at 400 degrees for 5 to 10 minutes, until golden browned. | 8. Remove to a wire rack and continue to cool at room temperature. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
cornstarch	6	tablespoons		182.88	43.8096	0.1248	0.024
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
sugar	1	cup		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0
water	2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
egg yolk	3		beaten	164.22	1.8309	8.0886	13.5354
margarine	1	tablespoon		101.37899999999999	0.1269	0.1269	11.3505
lemon juice	6	tablespoons		20.13	6.3135	0.3202	0.2196
lemon zest	1	tablespoon	grated	-	-	-	-
pie shell	1			-	-	-	-
egg white	3			51.48	0.7227	10.790999999999999	0.1683
cream tartar	1/4	teaspoon		1.935	0.4612	0.0	0.0
sugar	6	tablespoons	granulated	119.925	22.503	3.7538	1.8719999999999999

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.