A splendid caramel custard pie with a meringue topping. You cook the white sugar in a pan until it caramelizes, then stir it into a cooked egg custard.
INGREDIENTS (for 8 servings):
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup boiling water
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3 egg yolks, beaten
- 1 (9 inch) pie shell, baked
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- 3 egg whites
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C.)
In a heavy iron skillet, over medium heat, stir 1 cup sugar until melted and golden brown. Reduce heat to low and mix in boiling water. Set aside.
In a heavy saucepan, melt butter. Remove from heat. Add flour and salt into butter mixing thoroughly. Stir in 1/4 milk. Return pan to stove, on low heat, and add remaining 1/4 cup milk and caramel syrup. Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Put egg yolks in a small bowl. Add about 1/2 of the hot mixture to egg yolks. Pour the yolk mixture back into remaining caramel mixture. Cook 1 minute and pour into baked pie shell.
Beat egg whites with cream of tartar until foamy. Add remaining 1/2 cup sugar, very slowly, beating until egg whites are stiff. Spread over filling and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, or until meringue is lightly browned.