Mile-High Lemon Meringue Pie

Name: Mile-High Lemon Meringue Pie
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups (8¾ ounces/248 grams), sugar; 1 cup, lemon juice (6 lemons); 1/2 cup, water; 1/4 cup (1 ounce/28 grams), cornstarch; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 8 , large egg yolks (reserve 4 whites for meringue); 2 tablespoons, grated lemon zest; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into pieces and softened; 1 , (9-inch) pie shell, fully baked and cooled; 1/2 cup, water; 1 cup (7 ounces/198 grams), sugar; 4 , large egg whites (reserved from filling); Pinch, table salt; 1/2 teaspoon, cream of tartar; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2006, Cook's Country TV

Meringue pie can be tricky to prepare. We figure out how to make a perfect lemon meringue pie with a sky-high topping that doesn't weep.

SERVES 8 to 10

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