Best Lemon Orange Meringue Pie Recipes

LEMON-ORANGE MERINGUE PIE

Steps:

• Make lemon curd and place in the refrigerator to chill while finishing recipe.
• To make the crust, sift together flour and salt in the large bowl of an electric mixer. Add lard and butter and mix with a paddle until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add cold water and mix only until dough forms a ball. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for one hour.
• Roll out pastry or press it into a 9-inch glass pie plate. Prick bottom all over with a fork. Line with baking parchment or aluminum foil and weight with beans or pie weights. Chill for 15 minutes.
• Preheat conventional oven to 425 degrees.
• Place crust in oven and bake for 10 minutes or until edges are set. Remove beans and parchment and continue baking for 10 more minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven.
• Place the marmalade in a small ceramic ramekin. Cook, uncovered, at 100 percent power in the microwave oven for 30 seconds. With a pastry brush, brush marmalade on the hot crust, covering it evenly. Set crust aside to cool.
• Peel and section juice oranges, if using them. Place sections on paper toweling to absorb juice. Preheat broiler.
• To assemble pie, place orange sections over the bottom of the crust. Spread chilled lemon curd over orange sections. Place in the refrigerator while making meringue.
• Preheat the broiler
• Place egg whites in the large bowl of an electric mixer. Add cream of tartar and salt. Beat until soft peaks form. Add the sugar, one tablespoon at a time and beat until shiny and soft peaks form.
• Spread meringue over lemon curd. Make sure the meringue covers the curd. Place under the broiler for 5 minutes, or until no longer sticky when lightly pressed with a finger. Serve at room temperature or chilled.

LEMON-ORANGE MERINGUE PIE

Steps:

• Prepare pie crust according to package directions, using foil on edges to prevent burning, until completely baked through. Cool completely.
• Grate lemon and orange peels with zester, making sure not to get any pith.
• Remove segments from membranes and squeeze to release juices and segments in large bowl, making sure to remove any seeds.
• Whisk cornstarch, then 3/4 cup of sugar into fruit, breaking up fruit.
• Beat in 2 eggs and 3 eggs yolks (reserve whites for meringue).
• Stir 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel and all but 1/2 teaspoon orange peel.
• Transfer to heavy medium saucepan at medium high heat. Whisk until mixture boils. Continue whisking vigorously 1 minute.
• Transfer to bowl and cool completely.
• Preheat over to 350.
• Spread filling evenly in crust.
• Using electric mixer beat reserved 3 egg whites and salt until medium peaks form.
• Gradually add 1/2 cup sugar and beat about 3 more minutes.
• Beat in 1/2 teaspoon orange peel.
• Spread over filling and bake until meringue is golden, about 15 minutes.
• Cool and refrigerate 1 hour before serving.