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The lemon filling.
The tart shell stops the lemon filling and meringue topping from spilling out !
Meringue topping adheres better when the lemon filling is still hot. If your lemon topping is cold when you apply the meringue, the two layers are more likely to separate after the pie is cooked and cooled.A different answer:Numerous recipes call for cooling the lemon filling BEFORE putting it into the pie crust, in which case it would be cool, but not chilled, when the meringue is applied.
One is for the pastry the other for the filling. Plain flour makes pastry corn flour thickens filling and can be added to the meringue to stabalise it but that is not essential
It may be more watery, and you want to keep the egg whites aside to make your meringue for the topping
The gelatinisation of the lemon meringue pie filling is dependent on two main ingredients: The sugar, and the corn starch. Adding heat to both these elements, along with liquid (in the case of lemon meringue pie, water and lemon juice) creates a rapidly thickening substance. A word of warning: the heated coagulated filling is extremely hot and sticks to everything...be careful to not get this on you skin, as it will leave a nice burn. Additional info: Gelatinization actually does not require the presence of sugar. Any starch and water mixture will cause gelatinization when heated to the proper temperature. Sugar and acid will affect the thickness of the gelatinized starch mixture and the rate at which is gelatinizes when heat is applied. In a lemon meringue pie there will also be some gelatinization occurring in the crust when moisture from the filling mixes with the flour in the crust.
The only thing that gets caramelized in a lemon meringue pie would be the meringue. When the meringue is lightly browned, the browning is the sugar in the meringue caramelizing.
Lemon, Meringue, and pie The lemon part is basicaly lemon curd The meringue is whipped egg whites with sugar and the pie is made from flour butter and water with a bit of sugar Lemon, Meringue, and pie The lemon part is basicaly lemon curd The meringue is whipped egg whites with sugar and the pie is made from flour butter and water with a bit of sugar
Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 min. or until the meringue is nice and brown and dry to the touch.
you can put meringue on a lemon and meringue pie the next day
The egg yolks provide the only fat in the filling, which is necessary for texture. Also, the egg yolks help thicken and bind the filling in recipes not calling for cornstarch or another starch. Without them, the filling would taste like a lemon gel, not a smooth custard, which is what the filling is and a custard, by definition, requires eggs or egg yolks.
Usually meringue pies leak because only the top of the meringue is done, and the uncooked portion of the egg whites liquify. Put meringue on a hot filling and bake at 325 until it is golden brown to avoid runny meringue.