Lemon Filling

Ingredients

• 1 Cupful Milk
• 1 Lemon
• 3 Eggs
• 2 Tablespoonfuls Flour
• 1 Cupful Sugar

Method

1. 1

   Heat the milk, add the flour moistened, and stir until boiling.

2. 2

   Take from the fire and when cold add the grated yellow rind of the lemon.

3. 3

   Beat the yolks of the eggs and the sugar together, add gradually the milk and the juice of the lemon.

4. 4

   Pour the mixture into the lined pie dish and bake in a moderate oven a half hour.

5. 5

   Beat the whites of the eggs until stiff, add three tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, beat until dry and glossy.

6. 6

   Heap this over the top, dust with powdered sugar and put back into the oven just a minute to brown.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Snowdrift secrets (1913) by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer, page 17. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LEMON FILLING 1 Cupful Milk Heat the milk, add the flour moistened, 1 Lemon and stir until boiling. Take from the 3 Eggs fire and when cold add the grated yellow 2 Tablespoonfuls Flour rind of the lemon. Beat the yolks of the 1 Cupful Sugar

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