Gluten-Free Lemon Pie
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Prep Time:
30 minutes
Yield:
6
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 tsp cream of tartar
- 4 eggs, separated
- 3 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp grated lemon rind
- 1⁄8 tsp salt
- 1 pint heavy cream
Directions
Pie Shell
- Preheat oven to 275°.
- Sift together 1⁄2 cup of the sugar and cream of tartar.
- In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff but not dry.
- Gradually add sugar mixture, continuing to beat until blended.
- Use this meringue to line bottom and sides of a well-oiled, 9 or 10 inch pie plate, hollowing center to form a shell.
- Make sure not to spread mixture too close to rim.
- Bake in oven one hour. Cool.
Pie Filling
- Beat egg yolks slightly.
- Beat in remaining 1⁄2 cup sugar.
- Add lemon juice, rind, and salt.
- Cook in top of double boiler over hot water until very thick, stirring constantly (about 8 to 10 minutes).
- Remove from heat and cool.
- Whip cream and combine half of it with the lemon custard. Fill cooled shell.
- Cover with remaining whipped cream.
- Chill in refrigerator about 24 hours.
Nutrition Info
341 Calories, 4 g Protein, 28 g Carbohydrates, 25 g Total fat (14 g sat, 7 g mono, 1 g poly), 94 mg Sodium