Upside Down Strawberry Meringue Pie

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Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

fenway

Upside Down Strawberry Meringue Pie

A recipe from my Mother, we looked forward to this pie whenever she made it, a contrast of flavor with the crunchy chewy meringue as part of the crust and creamy strawberry filling, topped with fresh whipped cream!

Ingredient

Cooking time :

2 hours

9 inche pastry pie crust, cooked and cooled (spray pan with non stick spray before adding crust to bake as this crust tends to stick after baking with the meringue)

room temperature egg whites

1/4 tsp

salt

1/4 tsp

cream of tarter

3 tbsp

confectioners sugar

1 (3 ounce)

box strawberry jello

1 pint

fresh strawberrys, hulled and sliced and mixed with 1 tablespoon granulated sugar

1 cup

boiling water

1/2 cup

cold water

1 cup

heavy whpping cream

1 cup

heavy whipping cream

1/2 tsp

vanilla extract

for garnish

fresh strawberrys cut in half and hulled

2 tbsp

shaved chocolste

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Make meringue

* Step 2

Preheat oven to 225

* Step 3

In a large bowl whip egg whites, salt and cream of tarter until stiff peaks form, slowly add confectoners sugar and beat until glossy and holds its shape.

* Step 4

Spread in baked pie crust smoothing over bottom and sides to have the form of another crust. Place in preheated oven and bake 2 hours until dry and light golden. Cool on rack at least 1 hour

* Step 5

Make filling

* Step 6

Dissolve jello in the 1 cup boiling water, add the 1/2 cup cold water. Chill until cold but still liquid, about 15 minutes.

* Step 7

Whip the cream until stiff, whip in cold jello mix, then fold in sliced strawberrys. Mound mixture into cooled meringue shell. Chill at least 6 hours or best overnight to fully set.