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Melon Meringue Pie

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Melon pie recipe, with cantaloupe, butter, a graham cracker crust, and meringue topping.

Ingredients:

  • 1 medium cantaloupe, peeled, seeded and cut up
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 4 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • Dash of salt
  • 1 large (10-inch) graham cracker pie shell
  • .
  • For meringue:
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation:

In a blender or food processor, process cantaloupe pieces until smooth (you will have about 2 to 2 1/2 cups of pureé melon). Pour cantaloupe into a mixing bowl; add sugar, cornstarch, egg yolks, salt, vanilla and melted butter or margarine. Mix with an electric mixer until well blended. Pour into pie shell and place on a baking sheet to catch spillovers; bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes or until knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Top with an even layer of meringue; bake for another 15 minutes. Meringue: Beat egg whites until soft peaks begin to form; gradually add sugar then vanilla.

Note: The egg whites should be fully cooked if the meringue layer is evenly spread (not piled high) and cooked for 15 minutes at 350°. Alternatively, you can use powdered egg whites or serve untopped pie with sweetened whipped cream.

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cantaloupe is better plainMay 29, 2008By crydrallim
"I thought this would be a refreshing and light pie for a memorial Day picnic. the pie took twenty minutes longer to bake to start with but it smelled wonderful. However the texture was thick and cakey and you could tast the eggs more than the cantaloupe! We ended up throwing moost of it away. From now on we will eat our cantaloupe plain!"
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