Orange Meringue Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (9 inch) pie crusts, baked
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
1 cup orange juice
1/2 cup water
3 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon orange zest
1 -3 egg white, meringue

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400\u00b0.
In saucepan combine sugar and cornstarch.
Combine egg yolks, orange juice and water; stir gradually into sugar/cornstarch mixture in the pan.
Cook stirring constantly over medium heat until mixture thickens and boils.
Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly; stir in butter, lemon juice and the peel.
Immediately pour into pre-baked pie shell.
Cover completely with meringue-carefully sealing to the edges.
Bake about 10 minutes or until meringue browns lightly.
Cool on wire rack out of drafts.