Photo: Priscilla Du Preez
Ingredients
- 2 eggs, yolks only
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 large tablespoon flour
- 1 small tablespoon corn starch
- 1 pint milk, boiling
- orange extract, to taste
- ¼ cup sugar (for meringue)
- baked pie crust
Directions
1
Beat the yolks of the eggs with ½ cup of sugar until well combined.
2
Add flour and corn starch dissolved in a little milk, then pour into the boiling milk.
3
Cook for about three minutes, stirring constantly, then flavor with orange extract.
4
Pour the mixture into a baked pie crust.
5
Beat the egg whites to a stiff froth, then gradually add ¼ cup of sugar and flavor with orange extract.
6
Spread the meringue on top of the pie and place it in the oven to brown slightly.