Filling For Lemon Meringue Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 T. cornstarch
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice (up to 1/2 cup if you like it tart)
1 T. grated lemon rind
3 eggs, separated
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 (9-inch) baked pie shell
6 T. sugar

Preparation

Combine cornstarch, sugar, lemon juice and lemon rind in a sauce pan.
Beat egg yolks, add to the corn starch mixture. Gradually add boiling water.
Heat to boiling over direct heat. Boil gently 4 minutes, stirring constantly.