Mile-High Lemon Meringue Pie | America's Test Kitchen

Name: Mile-High Lemon Meringue Pie | America's Test Kitchen
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 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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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.

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