Lemon Easter Pie

Preparation info
  • 6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
New York Times Menu Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1966

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Ingredients

  • 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
  • cup fresh lemon juice
  • 4 eggs, beaten

Method

  1. Soften the gelatin in the lemon juice in a saucepan or the top part of a double boiler. Add the eggs, sugar, salt and butter. Mix well. Cook, stirring, over very low heat or hot, not boiling, water until the mixture thickens. When properly thickened, the sauce will coat the sides of a wooden spoon.

  2. Remove from the heat and chill until mixture mounds slig