I made my first Lemon Meringue Pie today! Woot! I actually did semi decent on the crust, but next time I'm going to make sure I have all the ingredients out and ready to rock. You have to do too many things at once. Okay, well, two things at once. Stir and pour. My brain only works in one gear, so and something else on and I tend to screw up when I'm working a recipe. In this case, I thought I read that the custard needed 2/3 cup of lemon juice, and it really only needed 1/3. Nice. What's kind of funny is I was thinking "man, this is a lot of lemons to squeeze!" the whole time. So, when I realized that the custard was now too liquidy I tried to add a little more of the thickening agent and forgot that it tends to clump if you don't mix it in right. It took a few minutes to get the bigger nuggets out. I'd like to say the white spots are glare from the lighting, but that would be a lie.lol.
So, I'm calling this my Pucker Up and Pie, since there are A LOT of lemons in this pie. It could end up being a happy accident. I think the end result looks pretty good for a first time pie!
