Lemon Pie

Only another two more followers needed before I do a special cake recipe! :D We have got to 1000+ views, so to reward you for that I'm posting on the delicious, sweet and tangy lemon pie! For this recipe you will need a grown-up to help you.

I found this recipe in the Behind the Scenes Journey of my Puffin Classics edition of Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery, and then adapted it. I can never make a recipe without making some adaptions ;) I apologise about the fact that the filling is measured in cups but the pastry in grams. 

INGREDIENTS

For the filling...

• One and a half cups of water. 
• Quarter a cup of sugar. 
• Half a cup of cornflour (cornstarch).
• 3 beaten egg yolks. 
• 2 thirds a cup of lemon juice.

For the pastry...

• One precooked pie case

or

• 250 grams of flour.
• 1 egg. 
• 25 millitres of water. 
• A spoonful of sugar.

METHOD

For the filling...

• Smile. If you miss out this step then your pie will be a FAILURE!
• Mix the cornflour, water, and sugar in a saucepan and bring to the boil. 
• Add some of the mixture to the bowl of beaten egg yolks. 
• Pour all the egg mixture into the saucepan. 
• Return to a gentle heat, and add the butter and the lemon juice, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens. 
• Remove from the heat.
• Cook the pastry for about 7 minutes and then take out of the oven.

For the pastry...

• Mix the ingredients together. 
• Roll it with a rolling pin. 
• Spread it in a pie dish. 
• Put it in the oven at 160C and then put it up to 190C for the last 15-20 minutes.
• Take it out (with oven gloves).
• Add the filling. 
• Cook.

That's what the pie should look like when you've put it in the oven! :)

~Kinyonga and SilverDawn~