Lemon Pie

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 eggs
• 1 lemon, grated rind and juice
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon butter

Method

1. 1

   First make the crust, and bake.

2. 2

   For the filling mix the cornstarch with the sugar, and stir in boiling water to thicken.

3. 3

   In another dish beat the yolks of the 2 eggs.

4. 4

   Stir the two mixtures slowly and carefully, pouring the hot mixture into the eggs.

5. 5

   Cook for a few minutes in double boiler.

6. 6

   Add other ingredients, cool, put in shell.

7. 7

   Spread with the whites of the eggs beaten to a froth, and sweetened with 4 tablespoons icing sugar, and place in oven until browned.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Blue Ribbon cook book (1905) by Blue Ribbon Limited, page 46. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lemon Pie—1 cup sugar, 3 tablespoons cornstarch, 2 eggs, 1 lemon, grated rind and juice, 1 cup water, 1 tablespoon butter

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