The BEST Lemon Meringue Pie


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This zingy lemon meringue pie rests in a crisp and flakey homemade butter crust and is topped with a mound of light as air Italian …

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  1. Claudine McKay
    Claudine McKay says:

    Can we take a short cut by mixing the egg yolk, sugar, corn starch water, lemon juice and lemon zest in a pot and cook the entire mixture which will gradually temper the egg yolk as we stir and it thickens. Then we add the 4 Tablespoons of butter and stir again for 30 seconds.

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  2. brandonsbestvideos
    brandonsbestvideos says:

    The pie crust came out awesome with some tweaks due to possibly a higher elevation (I used more egg wash and kept a closer eye on the pie). The lemon filling turned into lemon caramel despite closely following instructions of medium high heat and using a whisk. Maybe next time slow and steady with medium low heat as to not burn the sugar. Might be an issue with different stoves and altitudes, but great crust. I did find it was recommended on Food Wishes for the filling to not stir with a whisk as this introduces a lot of air and makes the filling cloudy, so I think for me the best version is his filling and your crust.

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  3. Elina C
    Elina C says:

    It came out delicious. The lemon curd at its perfect thickness.I used lemons from our own garden, the intense aroma was beautiful The dough came up to be alittle scarce for my " molde" but I spread it a little more. We added some Italian meringue made with the two egg whites that were not used. Thank you from Buenos Aires.

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  4. Tina Gale
    Tina Gale says:

    I just made the pie. It took me 3 years but I did it. Following exactly it's very sweet. You only need a small sliver. Also, making the pie one day and the meringue the next, I still experienced weeping and sliding meringue. I will have to face the fact that it's just gonna happen. The pie, crust and meringue are delicious just very sweet. Just need to figure out where to reduce the sugar.

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  5. R C
    R C says:

    Tried making this twice but both times, the custard never thickened and came out watery. I followed the steps and stirred on medium heat, but all that happened was the whisk becoming wayy too hot to hold (had to wear a glove which even burned a bit), and a runny mixture.

    Can anyone help me what's going on? I really want to master this dish as I loveeee lemon meringue pie.

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  6. RANGER S
    RANGER S says:

    I’m the pastie queen in my family. Pie crust used to terrify me. Every fall my mom and I would get together on a weekend and make pasties for the winter. She would do the crust (pie crust) I would do the filling. We made a great team until 2004. She was diagnosed with lung cancer and was on oxygen. She still wanted to do our pastie weekend. She could on,y walk me through it. Little did I know she would be giving me the greatest gift. I was thrown into crust making. The first few were a disaster. But by the end of the weekend I was hooked. Now I love making pies. Up until last weekend I had never made a lemon meringue pie in my life. Like when mom showed me the first one was a disaster…it was soup. Second one was a little better…but I had hives and cold sores…apparently I’m a little allergic….but that didn’t stop me. Four days later, armed with Benadryl, my third lemon meringue pie was near perfection. But now I want different crusts. I like your butter vodka crust. My pastie crusts have vinegar in the which makes them flakey. For this last lemon meringue pie I put lemon extract in the crust. But I wonder how great it would be if you replaced the vodka in the crust with Italian lemon cello? I’m going to make one for Mother’s Day and share it with my favorite aunt who is Italian (she married into our family which is mostly German…but we love her cooking), I will let you know.

    I love your videos too by the way.❤️

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  7. Johanna Friedt
    Johanna Friedt says:

    This looks like a recipe I’ll be trying. Just a question – I noticed you didn’t level off the cornstarch but rounded the measurement – does this matter ? Just want to make sure I follow correctly the ingredient amounts? Thank you for your response. 😊

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