Cream Pie With Pecans

15 ingredients
12 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 prepared pie crust, baked
  • 1/2 c. sugar
  • 1/8 tsp. salt
  • 3 eggs, separated
  • 1 Tbsp. mandarin peel
  • 1/2 c. pecans
  • 1/8 tsp. salt
  • 6 Tbsp. sugar
  • 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
  • 1 c. scalded milk
  • 2/3 c. mandarin juice
  • 1 tsp. butter
  • 1 Tbsp. water
  • 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
  • 3/4 tsp. vanilla

Directions

  1. 1
    Mix sugar, flour and salt.
  2. 2
    Add milk and cook over low heat until mixture is thick.
  3. 3
    Beat egg yolks.
  4. 4
    Mix 1/2 cup of this mixture with egg yolks, add to milk mixture.
  5. 5
    Add mandarin juice, mandarin peel and butter.
  6. 6
    Stir and cook over low heat until the custard is thick.
  7. 7
    Add pecans.
  8. 8
    Cool custard and pour into baked pie shell.
  9. 9
    Beat egg whites, cream of tartar and water at high speed for 3 minutes.
  10. 10
    Gradually add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time. When whites hold soft peaks, add salt and vanilla.
  11. 11
    Cover custard with meringue.
  12. 12
    Bake at 300° for 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown.

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