Grandma's Lemon Pie (DF, Hy, KF, LF, SC, Veg)--Ex Recipe
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Ingredients: PIE
3 egg yolks
1¼ cups sugar
6 TBS cornstarch
2 cups water
3 TBS butter, ROOM TEMPERATURE
⅓ cup lemon juice
2 tsp vinegar
1½ tsp lemon extract
9" pastry shell, baked (DF/LF if desired)
MERINGUE (optional):
½ cup plus 2 TBS water
1 TBS cornstarch
3 egg whites, ROOM TEMPERATURE
6 TBS sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
pinch salt
GARNISH (optional)
fresh lemon zest
Tools
zester (for garnish, optional)
3 mixing bowls, small
saucepan, medium
1 mixing bowl, medium
whisk, wire
saucepan, small
electric mixer (for meringue)
spatula, rubber
wire rack
pie container, tall (must be tall enough to contain meringue, alternatively, you may want to use a cake container), must fit in refrigerator
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Directions:Crack 3 eggs and reserve yolk into a small bowl and whites in another small bowl. Let set for at least 15 minutes before continuing recipe.
In saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch. Gradually add water.
Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly.
Reduce heat to low. Cook and stir for 2 minutes.
Remove from the heat. Take out 1 cup of the hot filling and let it set for 2 minutes.
Meanwhile, in small mixing bowl, whisk together lemon juice, vinegar, and lemon extract.
In the bowl with the egg YOLKS, pour the slightly cooled 1 cup of filling. Whisk.
Add bowl of egg yolks & filling to the saucepan.
Place the saucepan back on the heat (medium-high) and bring to a gentle boil, stirring constantly.
Once boiling, cook for 2 more minutes, stirring nonstop.
Remove from the heat again. Stir in the butter.
Gently stir in lemon juice, vinegar, and extract combo (they are in reserved mixing bowl).
Now pour hot filling into pastry shell.
For meringue, combine water and cornstarch in small saucepan until smooth.
Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened and clear. This will take about 2 minutes. Take off heat.
Cool completely.
Meanwhile, beat egg whites with electric mixer in medium-sized mixing bowl until foamy.
Gradually beat in sugar until stiff peaks form.
Beat in vanilla and salt.
Preheat oven to 350º.
Gradually add cornstarch mixture, beating for at least a few minutes on high speed. (The longer you beat, the better the meringue will stand up, so you can beat up to 5 minutes or so if desired.)
Immediately spread over warm filling, sealing edges of meringue to pastry with rubber spatula.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the meringue is golden brown.
Cool on wire rack.
Store in the refrigerator in special pie container. |
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Notes: LEMON LOVE
"Lemon!!!! My mother puts both lemon extract and juice in it just like her mother Lucille did. That really made it lemony. That's what set it off for me. The more lemon you could taste, the better I liked it! I liked mine without meringue to focus on the lemon. The lemon taste was so pure. Even when I drank lemonade, I liked to add lemon. This pie is perfect for me because of the lemon flavor. Grandma Snodgrass always told me that the crust on the edge of the pie is what makes you pretty. I don't know if she made it up or heard it somewhere!" --Deborah
WHAT IS EXTRACT?
Have you ever wondered what "extract" is?
We know it's the "essence" or "heart" of a flavor, right? Yes, but in cooking, an "extract" is different from an "essence", to make matters more confusing!
An "extract", in the culinary world, is a flavor combined with & preserved in alcohol, such as vodka. For example, you make vanilla extract using vanilla pods. Mexican vanilla extract is an extremely delicious variety, with these pods known for their especially rich taste. Using Mexican vanilla can elevate recipes to the next level!
To make lemon extract, you simply use the zest (peel) of a lemon, in very thin pieces, mixed with vodka.
Extracts can subtly or drastically change the flavor of your pies, cakes, cookies, and especially meringues & whipped creams. Fantastic extract flavors to try include:
--Almond
--Banana
--Coffee
--Hazelnut
--Lemon
--Maple
--Nutmeg
--Orange
--Peppermint
--Pineapple
--Strawberry
--Vanilla: Mexican, Indonesian, or Madagascan
....There is a big difference between "imitation" and the real thing. As the song guarantees, "Ain't nothin' like the real thing, baby!"
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