Ingredients

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 4 large eggs, room temperature
  • 2 lemons, juice of
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon rind, grated
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 pint whipping cream
  • 1/2 cup raspberries, fresh washed,dried

Method

  • Preheat oven to 275 degrees.
  • Mix 1 cup of sugar with the cream of tarter.
  • Beat egg white, adding sugar slowly until thick.
  • Butter a 10" pie plate.
  • Cover completely with meringue mixture.
  • Bake 1 hour, let cool in oven for 1 hour.
  • Beat egg yolks; add 1/2 cup sugar, lemon juice and rind.
  • Cook for 10 minutes in double broiler, until mixture thickens.
  • Remove from heat and cool completely.
  • Whip the cream and fold half gently into cooled lemon mixture.
  • Gently add raspberries.
  • Trying not to break the berries pour the lemon cream mixture into the meringue shell and cover with the remaining cream.
  • Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours.