Lemon Meringue Pie with Butter Pastry

Ingredients

• For filling: 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 Tbsp flour
• 4 Tbsp cornstarch
• 2 cups water, boiling
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 6 Tbsp lemon juice
• 2 lemon rinds, grated
• 4 egg yolks
• for meringue: egg whites
• for Butter Pastry: 2 cups flour
• salt
• 1/4 cup water
• 2/3 cup butter

Instructions

1. Combine sugar, flour, and cornstarch; pour boiling water over and stir until clear (do this over a double boiler).
2. Turn heat down and cook slowly 10 minutes.
3. Add butter, lemon juice, grated lemon rind, and egg yolks; cook a couple more minutes.
4. Pour into baked pastry shell.
5. Make meringue with egg whites and spread over filling.
6. Bake at 400° for 5-8 minutes.
7. For the Butter Pastry: cut butter into flour and salt.
8. Mix 1/3 of the flour into the water, then add to remaining flour and mix.
9. Roll out on wax paper.