Cantaloupe Pie

Ingredients

• 1 large, or 2 small cantaloupes
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Baked pastry shell

Instructions

1. Select a ripe cantaloupe; cut in halves, remove seeds, scoop out pulp with a large spoon, and put into top of double boiler with sugar. Mix cornstarch with a little cold water and add to cantaloupe; when thick add beaten egg yolks and cook a little. Add salt and cool a little, then pour into cooked pastry shell, top with meringue made from whites of eggs and four tablespoons sugar, flavored with lemon if desired.
2. Brown meringue and cool pie before cutting. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes at 325 degrees.