Luscious Lemon Pie Recipe

Ingredients :

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/3 cup cornstarch

1/8 tsp salt

12 oz plain yogurt

1/4 cup lemon juice

1/4 cup orange juice

3 egg yolks

2 tsp grated lemon rind

Corn Flake Pie Shell

3 egg whites

1/4 tsp cream of tartar

1/3 cup sugar

Method :

Combine 1 1/2 cups (375ml) sugar, cornstarch and salt thoroughly in a heavy medium-size saucepan. Add yogurt, lemon juice and orange juice and stir or beat with rotary beater until smooth. Set over high heat and cook until mixture comes to a boil, stirring constantly. Turn heat to low and continue cooking and stirring 2 minutes longer. Beat egg yolks. Add about half of the hot mixture to the egg yolks gradually, stirring constantly. Return the mixture to the saucepan and cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from heat. Stir in lemon rind. Cool to lukewarm. Pour into Corn Flake Pie Shell.

Heat oven to 400F (205C). Beat egg whites and cream of tartar until foamy. Add 1/3 cup (80ml) sugar, about 1 tbsp (15ml) at a time, beating well after each addition. Continue beating until stiff glossy peaks form. Spread over filling in pie, sealing to pie shell all around. Bake 8-10 minutes or until meringue is delicately browned. Cool before serving.

Serves 6-8

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