Upside Down Lemon Pie
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 4 eggs, separated
- cream of tartar, a pinch
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1 cup pecan pieces, finely chopped
- 2 lemons, juice of
- 1 lemon, grated rind of
- 1⁄2 teaspoon gelatin (unflavored)
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 1⁄2 cups whipping cream, whipped
- vegetable oil cooking spray
directions
- Spray a 9 inch pie plate. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat the egg whites with cream of tartar until foamy. Gradually add 1 cup of sugar and beat until stiff. Fold in the nuts. Line the bottom and sides of the prepared pie plate with meringue. Bake in a 325 oven for 25 minutes. Push down to form the shape of a crust, leaving a 1 inch rim. Bake for 25 minutes more. Cool the meringue completely.
- In a medium bowl, beat the egg yolks until slightly thickened. Add lemon juice, rind and 1/2 cup of sugar. In the top of a double boiler over simmering water, cook the lemon mixture, stirring constantly until thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon. Soften the gelatin in the water. Add the gelatin to the lemon mixture. Stir to dissolve. Cool completely. Fold 2/3 of the whipped cream into the lemon mixture. Pour the lemon filling into the meringue. Garnish with remaining cream.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Toni in Colorado
Apache Junction, Arizona
I wish to thank everyone who has reviewed and tried my recipes. I appreciate any helpful hints provided. I have been collecting recipes since 1965. In 1987 I started going through my many books and clippings and making weekly menus. If I like the new recipes I try, I enter them in my own cookbook.