Pineapple Meringue Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (20 oz.) crushed pineapple
1/4 c. sugar
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/4 tsp. salt
3 egg whites
3 egg yolks
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 baked 9-inch pie shell

Preparation

Heat pineapple in saucepan.
Mix sugar thoroughly with cornstarch and salt.
Add all at once to hot pineapple and cook, stirring briskly, until thick and clear.
Beat egg yolks in bowl. Stir in a little of the hot mixture, then return all to saucepan; cook, stirring for 1 minute.
Remove from heat; stir in butter and lemon juice.
Pour into baked pie shell and spread roughly, covering in meringue.