I am not a fan of lemon meringue pie in general. I don't like custards & the filling is a custard. I don't like meringue & obviously there is quite a lot of meringue. The process was enjoyable, however, & I got rave reviews for the pie itself (I wasn't going to eat it nor was I going to throw it away). Overall the baking went without incident. I was a little nervous as I was rolling out the crust. It seemed crumbly & dry, but once it was in the pie plate it worked beautifully. I'm happy to say my first (and possibly my only) attempt at lemon meringue pie was a success. See for yourself.
The crust started simply enough. Cutting the butter into the flour.
This is where I started getting nervous. It just seemed really dry. It wasn't forming a ball like my pie crust typically does.
I used black beans as my weight for baking the pie crust. It worked really well.
Baked pie shell. It looked & smelled absolutely delicious!
The shell as it cooled. I think it looked quite pretty with a simple fluting around the edges.
The egg mixture as I slowly added some of the heated ingredients.
Back on the stove to thicken.
Poured into the crust. It almost looks good enough to eat.
The meringue is almost ready.
Into the oven goes the pie.
Some of the peaks got a little too brown, but I think it looks beautiful!
The first slice.
It's not perfect looking, but considering I wasn't using a pie server, it came out pretty nicely.
9 comments:
I'm glad you tried it out even though you are not a fan! It looks wonderful!
Bring some of that meringue loving back to NYC! Yum! I love that you're doing this, Julie.
Your pie crust just looks AMAZING!! congratulations on a challenge well done. Is kind of funny how people that were sooo excited about the pie had lots of problems with it, and some of us who were not excited about the meringue and such had amazing results. Congratulations on your pie!
I'm impressed with the number of people who don't like LMP who jumped in with both feet and made it anyway this month. THAT is Daring Baker spirit in action.
Yours looks lovely... thanks for sharing!
Your fluted edge looks great! It seems a lot of people had trouble with crust slidage, but yours turned out perfect :)
You did a wonderful job on your lemon meringue pie. Even though you don't like it, you went out of your way to make a very lovely dessert. Congratulations!
Natalie @ Gluten A Go Go
Good job...glad you found someone to help you eat it, since you don't really like LMP! Your crust is beautiful.
great job!
i just joined the DB this month, just checking out everyone else’s blogs, wanted to say hello :)
Awesome, Julie! Your pie looks gorgeous. I am sorry you do not like LMP. I was hoping you would outgrow your dislike.
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