Lattice Lemon Pie – Pie Contest Winner
15 Comments | Written on June 26, 2012 at 5:00 am , by Kristina Vanni
To be completely honest, I will take a pie over a cake any day. A perfectly flaky crust, bold fruit flavors, and I am in heaven! I was so excited to host the “Pie” recipe contest and couldn’t wait to find out which recipe the judges named as the winner. Summer fruit pies are some of the best, and it is a sweet treat to showcase all the beautiful produce available this time of year.
Our latest winner, Lisa Keys, offered a beautiful version of a classic dessert. She created a lattice top made of meringue for a lemon pie. Let’s hear from Lisa about her winning inspiration!
Lisa says, “In Middlebury, CT (my former hometown) there is the most wonderful bakery called “Ovens of France”. I would often meet my girlfriends there for coffee and a ham & cheese croissant (my favorite decadent breakfast treat). One morning, in the dessert window, the bakery had the most beautiful lemon meringue tarts I had ever seen. What struck me was their miniature form and that instead of being covered in meringue, the meringue was piped in a lattice pattern. Not a huge fan of the mile-high-meringue club, I just knew I had to go home and bake me a lemon pie with just the lattice. Meyer lemons happen to be in season and the rest is history. What is really great about this style of pie is that one doesn’t have to deal with the weepy meringue which is so hard to conquer.”
Lattice Lemon Pie (click here to view and print recipe)
9″ Pie Shell, baked
2 Eggs
7 Egg Yolks
1 cup Plus 2 Tablespoons Sugar
2/3 cup Meyer Lemon Juice, about 4 lemons
1 Tbsp Meyer Lemon Zest
4 Tbsp Unsalted Butter
3 Tbsp Heavy Whipping Cream
Lattice Topping:
2 Egg Whites
1/8 tsp Cream of Tartar
1/4 cup Sugar
1/2 tsp Vanilla
Heat oven temperature to 325 F. Place baked pie shell on a baking sheet. In a medium saucepan, whisk eggs, egg yolks, sugar, lemon juice and zest. Add butter and stir over medium heat for 5 minutes or until mixture thickens and reaches 170 F. on an instant-read thermometer. Remove from heat; stir in heavy cream. Pour filling into warm pie shell. For lattice topping, beat egg whites and cream of tartar to soft peaks. Gradually add sugar and vanilla, beating to stiff peaks. Pipe meringue over pie in a lattice pattern. Bake 20 minutes or until meringue is golden brown. Cool and chill pie before serving. Makes 8 servings.
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Note: for slightly more “pucker power” regular lemons can be used if meyer lemons are unavailable. For an extra special touch: Decorate the edge of the pie with pastry cut-outs. Brush with egg white and sprinkle with sugar before baking the pie shell.
Congratulations as well to our latest Reader’s Choice winner, James Groover! His Chocolate Fudge Custard Pie received the most number of votes from the Better Recipes audience!
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15 Responses to “Lattice Lemon Pie – Pie Contest Winner”
that lemon pie is so perfect looking it’s freaky
This pie looks so amazing. The bright yellow color is making me crave lemons and a slice of this pie!
I love the sunny color of this pie and I bet it tastes amazing!
I want a slice!
Just delighted that you all like my pie. Thank you so much!
What a great idea..you are so talented.
This looks gorgeous! And quite tasty!
wow this looks good enough to eat. LOL
seriously I belong to a group that meets to play dominos, and we take turns bringing a ” half way through the game treat”.
this is going to be the one I bring next time
thank you LIsa, I know I am going to love making this, and it will be devoured lovingly.
i’d take pie over cake any day, too. this one looks so refreshing!!
I remember making a terrific lemon merangue pie many years ago and not since. I can taste it just looking at the picture above. Can’t wait to try this recipe.
The fact that I love lemons that I can eat them like an orange should tell you that this pie is just for me.
The recipe looks easy and I bet taste heavenly. Congratulations on your win.
Thanks to everyone for such nice feedback and to Better Recipes for my gift card which I received and lovingly spent on decorating my new house.
This recipe won First Place in our Pi Day contest at work!! It beat out all kinds of gooey, chocolatey, nutty delicious pies!
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