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Lemon Meringue Pie with Meyer Lemons

November 30, 2011 By Rhoda 32 Comments

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It’s been quite some time since we had a lemon pie at our house, but my mom has a good recipe that she has been making for years.  Homemade lemon meringue pie.  Is there anything tastier?  I happen to love lemon anything.  In fact, growing up my sister and I used to cut up lemons, salt them, and eat them.  I know….not good for your teeth, but we sure loved them.  The dentist told us to stop it, so we did.

Last year, I picked up a Meyer Lemon Tree and brought it with me from Alabama.  It’s been sitting outside all summer, growing and actually getting some blooms going and it surprised me when 5 lemons began forming.  Those 5 lemons grew and grew and then they turned yellow and were ready to pick.  So, we had to do something with them and a homemade lemon pie was just the thing.  We have 2 lemons left and will be making a lemon tart that mom found in a magazine, so I’ll post that one too, when we get to it.

Meyer lemon tree

I love this little lemon tree and what fun it was to watch the lemons grow, green at first and then turning that beautiful shade of yellow.

Meyer lemons

Picked and waiting for pie.

church cookbook

Our old church cookbook, which has lots of good tried and true Southern dishes inside.  Mom contributed quite a few to this cookbook.

meyer lemon zest

We grated the zest to save for future recipes.

lemon juice

Adding lemon juice to start cooking.

stirring lemon pie mixture

Stirring to thicken.

piecrust ready to fill

We used a ready-made piecrust for this, easier than making the crust.  Mom is into short-cuts these days and  I’m all for that too.  Pie crust is baked and ready.

filling piecrust with lemon filling

Adding the lemon filling.

lemon filling done

All filled and ready for meringue.

whipped meringue

Made from scratch meringue.  YUM!!

adding meringue

Add a dollop and keep going.

meringue on pie

More dollops and it is full and ready to bake.

homemade lemon pie

Then it comes out looking like this!  Isn’t is a beauty?

finished lemon pie

It’s the purdiest pie I’ve ever seen.

Lemon Meringue pie

The meringue got a little weepy, but that didn’t change the taste.  It is fantabulous!!  If you refrigerate the pie, it should set up a little better for cutting.

Homemade Lemon Meringue Pie

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/4 cup + 2 tsp. cornstarch

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 cup + 1 T. freshly squeezed lemon juice

1/2 cup cold water

5 egg yolks, well-beaten

2 T. butter

1 1/2 cups boiling water

1 tsp. grated lemon peel

1 baked pastry shell

 

In saucepan, thoroughly combine sugar, cornstarch and salt; blend in lemon juice, then cold water and egg yolks until very smooth.  Add butter and gradually stir in boiling water.  Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly, boil 2 to 3 minutes.  Stir in grated peel.  Partially cool while preparing meringue.

 

Meringue

5 egg whites

1/2 tsp. cream of tartar

1/2 cup + 2 T. sugar

Beat meringue with electric mixer until stiff peaks form.  Dollop on top of pie.  Bake at 350 until brown on top.  Let cool and refrigerate to set pie even more for cutting.

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  1. Charle Anastasia says

    November 24, 2015 at 10:15 am

    I haven’t tried this recipe yet, but I’m an avid cook, so it looks like it will suit me fine. I have a fmaily recipe but it’s a little eggier then I like, so this one calles for 2 less eggs and more startch. should work out just great. I’ll check back in. Thanks for sharing your family recipe.

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  2. Audean Green says

    March 5, 2016 at 11:24 am

    I just had to comment on your final picture of sliced pie 🙂 The droplets on the meringue just made me smile. I heard my mothers voice talking about “angle tears”. She always calls those little droplets angel tears and I think they must be. Your pie, closeness with your Mother and this recipe are all beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us.

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  3. Carole Gunderson says

    December 22, 2016 at 3:08 am

    I made this a while ago with my Meyer lemons and it was so easy. It was WONDERFUL. Getting to make it again for Christmas with some more lemons from my tree. Yum!

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    • Carole Gunderson says

      December 22, 2016 at 3:09 am

      …meant to say “getting ready”

  4. lisa says

    December 26, 2016 at 8:15 pm

    The flavor of your filling was wonderful, however, when I cooked it to your specs it didn’t firm up properly, and I ended up with runny but delicious filling. I’d recommend including a temperature at which the filling should be when it’s sufficiently cooked on the stovetop? Very yummy, though.

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  5. Jeff Adams says

    January 29, 2018 at 1:00 pm

    I found this recipe when I was looking up whether Meyer lemons would make a good lemon meringue pie, or since they’re sweeter than regular lemons, if they would through the recipe off.

    I suppose it goes without saying, but surely you meant to include only lemon zest, just the yellow part, and not lemon peel, which includes the bitter, white part. Looks like a fine recipe, and since it has withstood the test of time, I’m sure it is. At the moment I have some Meyer lemons that are insanely juicy. I’m going to give your recipe a try—right now, in fact.

    Thank you for sharing the recipe!

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    • Rhoda says

      January 29, 2018 at 1:38 pm

      HI, Jeff, thanks for stopping by & yes, only the zest for lemon pie!

    • Jeff Adams says

      January 29, 2018 at 4:45 pm

      Finished my pies 45 minutes ago. The air is very dry here today (dew point 24°), which bodes well for the meringue. They looked and smelled so good, It was hard to wait before I sliced into them. I made two because I wanted to try a saltine cracker crust recipe I read about, but I like the more solid, storebought crust better. Both pies are delicious. Thank you again for sharing!

  6. Darleene says

    January 22, 2019 at 3:26 pm

    I just love when you share the Mom recipes, and this one is a keeper!

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  7. Jeffrey Morse says

    February 9, 2020 at 12:44 pm

    Been looking for a good recipe. My mom made this all the time and now that she’s elderly we don’t get it any more. Figured I’d try my hand at it and give her a big piece (its her favorite pie). I live in California and we have a big Meyer Lemon tree in the back yard that has hundreds of lemons on it this year. Got to do something with them! lol

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    • Rhoda says

      February 9, 2020 at 4:21 pm

      Jeffrey, I hope you enjoy!

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