jonny ray's lemon meringue pie

How To Make jonny ray's lemon meringue pie

• 1

  Lemon filling
• 2

  In heavy pot mix sugar, corn starch, and salt
• 3

  add 1/2 cup cold water, stir until well mixed
• 4

  over med. high heat pour in boiling water slowly, stir with wooden spoon, stirring constantly.
• 5

  cook until the filling is thick and is clear. Let the mixture boil for 2 min while stirring constantly.
• 6

  remove from heat, beat egg yolks lightly then add 4 large spoonful of hot mixture to yolks while stirring ( this is bring the yolks to temp. so they want scramble )
• 7

  drizzle the egg mixture into your hot mixture, stirring constantly, let mix come to boil and boil for 2 min.
• 8

  remove from heat, add lemon juice, zest, butter and mix well
• 9

  let cool slightly while you make your meringue.
• 10

  Meringue
• 11

  beat whites until they are foamy, then start adding the sugar one TBLS. at a time, beat between each addition, beat in vanilla when you have stiff peaks.
• 12

  now add your marshmellow cream, you want to add this 1/3 at a time beat it well between each addition
• 13

  your whites should be glossy with very stiff peaks. This meringue is so good.
• 14

  now pour your warm filling into your pie shells and then pile on the meringue, be sure to seal the edges so it want pull away
• 15

  put it in a pre heated oven ( 400 degrees ) bake for 12 to 15 min. till they brown on top.
• 16

  let cool completely then store in fridge for at least 4 hours or over night.
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