Lemon Meringue Pie (no bake or cook)

Name: Lemon Meringue Pie (no bake or cook)
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cup Graham cracker crumbs (coarse); 1 -4 oz. butter stick (soft - room temp); 2 tbsp Brown sugar or 1 tbsp dark sugar caramel (molasses); 3 can condensed milk 8oz. ea.; 2/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon/lime juice (leave or strain pulp as you wish); 1/2 tsp cream of tartar; 1 tsp lemon zest finely grated.; 2 egg whites (save yolks for other recipes); 1/4 cup confectioners sugar

rburgoss @cook_3758868

Lemon Meringue Pie (no bake or cook)

rburgoss @cook_3758868

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Ingredients

1 hour

8 servings

2 cupGraham cracker crumbs (coarse)
1-4 oz. butter stick (soft - room temp)
2 tbspBrown sugar or 1 tbsp dark sugar caramel (molasses)
3 cancondensed milk 8oz. ea.
2/3 cupfreshly squeezed lemon/lime juice (leave or strain pulp as you wish)
1/2 tspcream of tartar
1 tsplemon zest finely grated.
2egg whites (save yolks for other recipes)
1/4 cupconfectioners sugar

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Steps

1 hour

1

Important:DO NOT USE ANY METAL UTENSILS
2

In plastic or glass bowl, mix crumds, butter and brown sugar, until uniform mix.
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Press crumbs mix in round glass pie dish (9inch), covering bottom and side wall evenly. Place in fridge.
4

In deep bowl slowly mix condensed milk with lemon juice. Stirr constantly with wood or plastic spatula. Taste mix as to avoid using too much or too little juice.
5

Beat (whisk, beat, etc) egg whites until fluffy (it can form sharp and stiff points). Add confectioners sugar while beating. Add cream of tartar at the end and beat for an extra minute.
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Pour filling in cold pie crust. Return to fridge.
7

Cover pie with meringue. Use plastic spatula. sprinkle with lemon zest.
8

To keep meringue from melting or running, you can "broil" pie in oven for few minutes or use a gas torch to slightly cook meringue's outer skin. Look for the meringue tips turning brown.
9

Refrigerate at least 3 to 4 hours to let pie filling to curdle and have enough consistency to hold shape when cutting.