Best Orange Cream Meringue Pie Recipes

IT'S A BLOODY ORANGE MERINGUE PIE

Steps:

• Crust.
• Sift together the flour, salt, sugar and pecans.
• Add the thinly sliced cold butter into the flour mixture and blend until it looks like coarse meal.
• Sprinkle the ice water over the mixture and using a fork stir until a dough ball forms. If you require a little more water -- use it.
• Wrap the dough ball in wax paper and chill for 1-2 hours.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll the chilled dough out into a circle a bit larger than your pie pan.
• Carefully place dough into pie pan.
• Trim the dough about 1/4 inch above the rim of the pan.
• Please remember to prick the bottom of the crust all over with a fork and chill in the fridge for an additional 1/2 hour.
• Bake the crust in a preheated 450 degree oven for 10 - 15 minutes, then remove and allow to cool on rack.
• Filling.
• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• Add your favorite raspberry preserves to the bottom of the cooled pecan crust.
• Mix the egg yolks, condensed milk, orange juice, and orange rind together, blending well.
• Pour the orange mixture into the prepared crust.
• Meringue.
• In a large bowl beat the egg whites and the cream of tarter together until soft peaks form.
• Gradually add the sugar, a little at a time, beating well until the eggs are stiff but not dry.
• Spread the meringue on top of the orange filling making sure to seal the edges.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.
• Watch your pie so that the meringue doesn't burn.
• Once the pie has cooled, chill for several hours and ENJOY!

ORANGE MERINGUE PIE

Steps:

• 1. in heavy saucepan dissolve cornstarch in 1/4 cup cold water
• 2. beat egg yolks and add to orange juice. place in saucepan with cornstarch water. sweeten to taste, this depends on how sweet the orange juice is.
• 3. cook slowly until mixture is thickened.
• 4. take from heat, add butter and orange rind zest. mix till butter melts
• 5. pour into prepared pie crust.
• 6. make meringue with egg whites, top pie with meringue and bake 350 degrees until swirls are tinted brown.

ORANGE MERINGUE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• In saucepan combine sugar and cornstarch.
• Combine egg yolks, orange juice and water; stir gradually into sugar/cornstarch mixture in the pan.
• Cook stirring constantly over medium heat until mixture thickens and boils.
• Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly; stir in butter, lemon juice and the peel.
• Immediately pour into pre-baked pie shell.
• Cover completely with meringue-carefully sealing to the edges.
• Bake about 10 minutes or until meringue browns lightly.
• Cool on wire rack out of drafts.

ORANGE CREAM MERINGUE PIE

Steps:

• 1. FOR PIE: Scald milk in top of double boiler. In seperate bowl, beat together: egg yolks, cornstarch, sugar, salt and grated rind. Add to milk and stir until custard coats spoon. Chill. Add juices and blend. Pour into pie crust. Cover with meringue and shape meringue as desired. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
• 2. FOR MERINGUE: Beat egg whites, sugar, cream of tartar and extract until stiff peaks form.

ORANGE MERINGUE PIE

Steps:

• Make shell:
• In a large bowl with a pastry blender or in a food processor blend or pulse together flour and shortening until mixture resembles meal. In a small bowl stir together egg yolk, vinegar, and ice water. Gradually add yolk mixture to flour mixture, stirring with a fork until mixture forms a dough. Form dough into a flattened disk and chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, 1 hour or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Roll dough into a 12-inch round on a lightly floured surface and fit into a 10-inch (1 1/2-quart) glass pie plate, crimping edge decoratively. Prick shell in several places with a fork and chill 30 minutes.
• Line shell with foil and fill with rice. Bake shell in middle of oven 15 minutes. Remove foil and rice carefully and bake shell 12 to 15 minutes more, or until pale golden. Cool shell in pie plate on a rack.
• Make filling:
• Into a 4-quart saucepan sift together sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Gradually whisk in zest, 1 1/2 cups orange juice, and lemon juice. Cook mixture over moderate heat, whisking constantly, until sugar is dissolved. Remove pan from heat and add butter, whisking constantly until melted. Add remaining 2 1/4 cups orange juice and eggs and simmer, stirring constantly, 2 minutes, or until smooth and thickened.
• Strain filling through a sieve into a bowl and pour into shell. Cool pie completely.
• Make meringue:
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat egg whites on low speed until frothy. Add cream of tartar and increase speed, beating until whites hold soft peaks. Gradually beat in sugar and vanilla and beat on high speed until meringue holds stiff and glossy peaks.
• Spread meringue on top of cooled filling, covering filling completely, and bake pie in middle of oven 15 minutes, or until meringue is golden. Chill pie 3 hours, or until set.

SHERRYBETH'S ORANGE MERINGUE PIE

Steps:

• In saucepan, mix sugar and cornstarch.
• Gradually add orange juice, while heating over medium heat.
• Stir until thickened. Boil one minute.
• Take 1 cup of hot mixture and mix with egg yolks.
• Return the egg yolk and sugar mixture to saucepan.
• Stir well and boil one more minute, stirring constantly.
• Blend in butter and pour into pie shell.
• Meringue: Beat egg whites and cream of tartar with electric mixer until frothy. Add sugar, one Tbsp at a time until meringue is thick and has a glossy appearance.
• Spoon meringue on top of pie and bake for 10 minutes at 375°.
• Allow to cool to room temperature and serve or if you would like it cold, refrigerate for 4 hours before serving.