Strawberry-Lemonade Icebox Pie
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Martha Stewart Living, June 2011
- Prep Time 45 minutes
- Total Time 6 hours
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Yield Makes one 9-inch pie
Serves 8 to 10
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Ingredients
For the crust
- Vegetable oil cooking spray
- 9 to 10 graham crackers, broken into pieces
- 1/4 cup sugar
- Coarse salt
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
For the filling
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- 2/3 cup strained fresh lemon juice (from 4 lemons)
- 2 large egg yolks (reserve whites for meringue), plus 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- Coarse salt
For the topping
- 12 ounces strawberries, sliced (2 cups)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 3 large egg whites, room temperature (2 reserved from filling)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Make the crust: Coat a 9-inch pie plate with cooking spray. Pulse crackers in a food processor until finely ground; measure 1 1/3 cups, and discard excess. Pulse cracker crumbs, sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in food processor to combine. Add butter, and pulse until mixture is moist and holds together when pressed between 2 fingers.
- Press crust evenly into bottom and up sides of pie plate using the bottom of a dry measuring cup. (Make sure the sides and rim of the crust are firmly pressed so they don't crumble when pie gets cut.) Freeze for 30 minutes.
- Bake crust until firm and turning darker around edges, 10 to 11 minutes. Remove from oven, and reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees.
- Meanwhile, make the filling: Whisk together condensed milk, lemon juice, egg yolks and egg, and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- Pour filling into warm piecrust. Bake until center is set, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool to room temperature. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
- Make the topping: Sprinkle berries with 2 tablespoons sugar and the lemon juice. Let stand for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat egg whites and remaining 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar in the heatproof bowl of a mixer set over a pan of simmering water until sugar dissolves and mixture is warm to the touch, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to mixer, and whisk on high speed until medium peaks form, 8 to 9 minutes.
- Spoon berries over pie. Spoon meringue over top. Place pie under broiler, with rack in lowest position, until meringue is just browned. Alternatively, use a kitchen torch to brown the top.
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The filling set up beautifully and had a bright lemony taste. Mine didn't seem too sweet. Cheated a litlle by using a ready-made shortbread crust--delicious!!
Just delicious! I'm giving this five stars even though it is so sweet you need a tall glass of water or a light lemon spritzer to go with it. I will try reducing the sugar in part of the recipe next time - maybe the crust since graham crackers are already sweet.