Lemon Meringue Pie

26 ingredients
1 steps

Ingredients

  • Pie Crust
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cut in pieces
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening, chilled and cut in pieces
  • 3 tablespoons ice water
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons fine graham cracker crumbs
  • Filling
  • 1/3 cup cornstarch
  • 1/3 cup sifted cake flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 2 cups water
  • 5 large egg yolks, lightly beaten
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons grated fresh lemon rind
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut in pieces
  • Meringue
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 5 large egg whites, room temperature
  • 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/3 cup sugar (or to taste)

Directions

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    ["Pie Crust: Preheat oven to 425\u00b0; in a food processor pulse the flour, sugar and salt just to mix; add the butter and shortening and pulse just until coarse crumbs form; add the lemon juice and water and pulse just until moist crumbs form.", "Scrape the dough onto a sheet of plastic wrap and form a disk; wrap tightly and refrigerate at least 1 hour or up to 1 day.", "On a lightly floured surface, roll chilled dough out to a 12\"-13\"" diameter circle; fold dough in half and gently lift it

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