Lemon Pie No. 1 (Superior)

Ingredients

• two lemons
• a cup and a half of white sugar
• two heaping tablespoonfuls of unsifted flour
• the yolks of three well-beaten eggs
• two cups of water
• a piece of butter the size of a walnut

Method

1. 1

   Grate the rind of two lemons into a deep dish; add sugar, flour, yolks of eggs, and lemon juice; stir well, then add water and butter.

2. 2

   Cook in boiling water until thickened.

3. 3

   Pour into a pie-tin lined with pastry, bake, and top with beaten egg whites mixed with sugar.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 210. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LEMON PIE. No 1. (Superior.) Take a deep dish, grate into it the outside of the rind of two lemons ; add to that a cup and a half of white sugar, two heaping tablespoonfuls of unsifted flour, or one of cornstarch ; stir it well together, then add the yolks of three well-beaten eggs, beat this thoroughly, then add the juice of the lemons, two cups of water and a piece of butter the size of a wal- nu

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