Pie
Cantaloupe Pie
- Cook
- 20 minutes
- Servings
- 6
Ingredients
- 1 large, or 2 small cantaloupes
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Baked pastry shell
Instructions
- 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.
- Brown meringue and cool pie before cutting. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes at 325 degrees.