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How to make a Florida Orange Meringue Pie

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• 1-1/2 cup sugar
• 6 tablespoons cornstarch
• Dash salt
• 1-1/2 cup orange juice
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1-1/2 cup orange sections
• 4 eggs, separated
• 3 tablespoons grated orange rind
• 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• 1 9-inch pie shell, baked
• Meringue (see below)

Mix sugar, cornstarch and salt in 1-1/2 quart saucepan. Stir in orange and lemon juices gradually. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens and bubbles. Stir in orange sections and boil for 3 to 4 minutes.

Mix 1/4 of hot orange mixture with slightly beaten egg yolks; then blend all back into orange mixture in saucepan. Continue to boil and stir for 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in orange and lemon rind.

Pour into baked pie shell. Top with meringue.

Meringue: Beat the four egg whites until foamy. Then add 1/2 cup sugar slowly, by tablespoons, until beaten stiff and glossy. Add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.

Spread the meringue so it covers the orange filling. Bake for 7 to 10 minutes until the meringue is a delicate brown. Cool and eat.

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