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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  North American >> Canadian >> Canadian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 350 F. | 2. For crust, blend crumbs, butter and sugar in a bowl. | 3. Spoon into 9" piepan and press firmly against the bottom and sides (but not over rim). | 4. Bake 8- 10 minutes. | 5. Cool before filling. | 6. For pie filling, mix cornstarch, sugar and salt in heavy saucepan, slowly blend in water, and heat, stirring constantly, until thickened and smooth. | 7. Blend a little hot mixture into egg yolks, return to pan and cook and stir over lowest heat 2- 3 minutes; do not boil. | 8. Off heat, stir in 1/2 cup lemon juice and the 2 Tbsp butter. | 9. Spoon filling into pie shell. | 10. To create meringue use glass mixing bowl for best results, although metal works fine too. | 11. DO NOT use plastic. | 12. Beat egg whites until frothy using electric hand mixer, add cream of tartar and salt, continue beating, adding sugar 1 Tbsp at a time. | 13. When all sugar is incorporated, add vanilla and beat hard (highest mixer speed) until glossy and peaks stand straight up when beaters are withdrawn. | 14. Spoon about half the meringue around the edge of warm filling, pile remainder in the middle, twirling spoon around to create peaks. | 15. Bake pie for 12- 15 minutes until touched with brown. | 16. Cool pie at least two hours before serving. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
graham cracker crumb	1 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-
butter	1/2	cup		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
sugar	1/4	cup		201.495	50.398999999999994	0.0	0.0
cornstarch	1/2	cup		243.84	58.4128	0.1664	0.032
sugar	1 1/2	cups		201.495	50.398999999999994	0.0	0.0
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
water	1 3/4	3/4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
egg yolk	4		beaten	218.96	2.4412	10.7848	18.0472
lemon juice	1/2	cup		26.84	8.418	0.42700000000000005	0.2928
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
egg white	4			68.64	0.9636	14.388	0.2244
cream tartar	1/4	teaspoon		1.935	0.4612	0.0	0.0
salt	1/8	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
sugar	1/2	cup		201.495	50.398999999999994	0.0	0.0
vanilla	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025

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