Ever use lemon gelatin for lemon meringue pie? I need the recipe! I can only find jell-o pudding recipes...?

Question

My husband swears that his Gram used Jell-o gelatin and NOT pudding. I can't find a stinkin' recipe. I've tried for 3 years on Thanksgiving and I've never been able to reproduce it. Help!

Answer 1

I found a sugar free version. You could substitute with regular jello, and omit the equal.

Sugar-Free Lemon Meringue Pie
Ingredients:

Your favorite 8-9" pie crust brushed with egg whites, baked and cooled

lemon filling ingredients:
1 2/3 cups sugar-free or fruit-sweetened lemon yogurt
2 packets Equal® (NutraSweet® as sweet as 2 teaspoons sugar each)
1 small package (4 serving size) sugar-free lemon gelatin
3/4 cup boiling water
2 ice cubes
1/2 cup ice cold fruit-sweetened lemonade concentrate
mint sprig or orange slice to decorate each slice (optional)

meringue ingredients:
2 egg whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
6 packets Equal® ( NutraSweet® as sweet as 2 teaspoons sugar each)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

optional topping ingredients:
3 Tablespoons whipping cream
1/2 packet Equal® (NutraSweet® as sweet as 1 teaspoon sugar)
1/4 teaspoon vanilla

instructions:

lemon filling:
Mix NutraSweet® into yogurt, and set aside. Stir boiling water into
gelatin powder until dissolved. Add ice cubes until
melted; then stir in lemonade concentrate. Using a wire whip, whisk
yogurt into gelatin mixture until smooth. Pour liquid into the pie
crust.

Refrigerate 2 1/2 to 3 hours, or hasten the gelling process by putting
the pie in the freezer for not more than 30 minutes
and then into the refrigerator until ready. In the meantime, make the
meringue, which will need time to cool.

meringue:
Beat egg whites until frothy. Then beat in cream of tartar until peaks
form and curl over. Without over beating, blend in
each packet of Equal® separately. Beat in vanilla.

To bake the meringue, use an oven-safe round dish larger than your pie
pan edges, and spray it liberally with nonstick
cooking spray. Spread the meringue slightly larger than the size you
will need for your pie, and sculpt as desired. Bake at
325° 8 to 12 minutes, until only tips are light brown.

When the lemon filling has gelled and the meringue has cooled, slide
meringue on top of the lemon pie. To add a festive
touch, garnish each plate with a mint sprig and orange slice.

Answer 2

Lemon Meringue Pie Epicurious

Answer 3

I have never even heard of making a lemon meringue pie with pudding or gelatin. This sounds more like a lemon chiffon pie. You can find great recipes for a true Lemon Meringue Pie on the internet:

http://www.epicurious.com
http://www.cooks.com

Answer 4

Lemon Chiffon Pie

3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
1 1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1 package (3 oz.) Jello-O brand gelatin, lemon flavor
3 Tablespoons grated lemon rind
3 egg whites
Dash of salt
1 baked 9-inch pie shell or crumb crust cooled

Combine egg yolks and 1 cup of the water in saucepan, add 1/4 cup of the sugar. Cook and stir over low heat until mixture is slightly thickened and just comes to a boil. Remove from heat. Add gelatin and stir until dissolved. Add remaining 1/2 cup water, lemon juice and rind and chill until slightly thickened. Beat egg whites and salt until foamy through-out. Gradually beat in remaining 1/4 cup sugar and continue beating until mixture will stand in stiff peaks. Fold in thickened gelatin and blend well. Chill again, if necessary, until mixture will mound. Spoon into pie shell. Chill until firm about 4 hours.

Note: Use only clean eggs, with no cracks in shell.

Answer 5

Here is a basic Lemon meringue Pie. If you read the recipe you will see that the pie is neither made of Jello gelatin of pudding.

They really are easy to make from scratch

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Grandmas-Lemon-Meringue-Pie/Detail.aspx

http://www.ourgaggleofgirls.com/recipes/?p=139
Uses jello gelatin but no crust.

here is one that uses a crust.
http://www.kraftfoods.com/Recipes/CakesPiesCheesecakes/PiesOther/Easy-as-PieLemonMeringue.html

Answer 6

I saw that recipe in a hardback book made by Jello brand yeaterday and the recipe was in the dessert section! Now I've got to go back and buy the book so you can have the recipe!