Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Lemon Meringue Pie
Add your photo!
Count
Calories
Minutes

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Pastry: In food processor, pulse flour with butter and shortening until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. With motor running, add lemon juice, then water 1 TB at a time, just until dough leaves sides of bowl. Remove blade, then dough.
  2. Gather dough into a ball; press into a disk. Wrap with wax paper or plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to roll out.
  3. Heat oven to 425* F. You'll need a 9 pie plate. Roll dough on lightly floured surface or between 2 sheets of wax paper to 12 circle. Fit dough into pie plate, pressing gently onto bottom and up sides; crimp edge and freeze 15 minutes. Bake 20-22 minutes or until golden. Remove pie plate to wire rack to cool while making filling. Reduce oven temperature to 350*F.
  4. Filling: Whisk sugar and cornstarch in a 2 qt. Saucepan. Whisk in e.g. Yolks and lemon juice until smooth. Stir in water; continue stirring over medium heat until mixture comes to a full boil. Boil about 1 minute, stirring constantly, until filling is translucent and thick. Remove from heat. Add butter and lemon zest, stirring until butter melts. Pour hot filling into baked pie shell.
  5. Meringue: Beat egg whites and cream of tartar in a medium bowl with electric mixer on medium-high speed until soft peaks form when beaters are lifted. Gradually beat in sugar, 1TB. At a time, beating well after each addition until sugar dissolves. Beat 2 minutes longer or until stiff peaks form when beaters are lifted.
  6. Spoon meringue around edge of filling; spread to edge of crust to seal. Spoon remaining meringue in center; spread and swirl with back of teaspoon to cover filling evenly.
  7. Bake 20 minutes or until meringue is browned and an instant-read thermometer inserted in center of meringue registers 160*F.
  8. Cool completely on a wire rack, then refrigerate at least 2 hours or up to 8 hours. To serve, cut with a long-blade knife dipped in cold water.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 919.39 Kcal (3849 kJ)
Calories from fat 688.35 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 76.48g 118%
Cholesterol 202.46mg 67%
Sodium 14.03mg 1%
Potassium 109.3mg 2%
Total Carbs 58.91g 20%
Sugars 34.95g 140%
Dietary Fiber 0.7g 3%
Protein 3.03g 6%
Vitamin C 8.4mg 14%
Vitamin A 0.9mg 31%
Iron 0.2mg 1%
Calcium 35.4mg 4%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 354.24 Kcal (1483 kJ)
Calories from fat 265.22 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 29.47g 118%
Cholesterol 78.01mg 67%
Sodium 5.41mg 1%
Potassium 42.12mg 2%
Total Carbs 22.7g 20%
Sugars 13.47g 140%
Dietary Fiber 0.27g 3%
Protein 1.17g 6%
Vitamin C 3.2mg 14%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 31%
Iron 0.1mg 1%
Calcium 13.7mg 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 24.6
    Points
  • 26
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • very low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Total Fat

Share Recipe

Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top