Cantaloupe Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. cantaloupe
1/2 c. milk
1 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/8 tsp. salt
1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. flour
3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
1 baked 9-inch pie shell
3 egg whites
6 Tbsp. sugar

Preparation

Peel, seed and chop cantaloupe.
Puree in blender container on low speed.
Measure 1 1/2 cups pulp.
Combine with milk, 1 cup sugar, nutmeg and salt in bowl; mix well.
Melt butter in saucepan. Blend in flour.
Add cantaloupe mixture.
Cook over medium heat until thickened, stirring constantly.
Stir a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks; stir egg yolks into hot mixture.
Cook until thickened, stirring constantly.
Spoon into pastry shell. Beat egg whites in mixer bowl until foamy.
Add 6 tablespoons sugar gradually, beating until stiff peaks form.
Spread over pastry. Bake at 350\u00b0 for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
Makes 6 servings.