Orange Cream Pie
- 1 each pie shell (9 inch) 9 inch, unbaked
- 3 large eggs separated
- 1 cup orange juice
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/4 cup water hot
- 1 cup sugar
- 5 tablespoons cornstarch
- Combine all ingredients except the eggs in the top of a double boiler.
- Cook for 5 to 8 min's, or until smooth.
- Beat the egg yolks slightly and dilute gradually with some of the hot mixture.
- When eggs are thoroughly diluted and all danger of curdling is past, add them to the double boiler mixture, and cook and stir for about 5 minutes more.
- Cool the custard, then pour into baked pie shell.
- Top with fresh or canned orange segments.
- (If fresh be sure to remove all membrane from oranges.)
- Cover with a meringue made of the beaten egg whites, a pinch of salt and 6 tbls of sugar.
- Beat until stiff peaks.
- Bake in preheated oven 375F (190C) for 8 to 10 minutes or until Meringue is delicately brown.
pie shell, eggs, orange juice, lemon juice, water, sugar, cornstarch
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/orange-cream-pie-5951 (may not work)