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Lucious, Popular Cantaloupe Pie

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Submitted by Lynn on Thu, 06/28/2007 - 10:19pm

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Gretchen Brown, Indiana

Prep Time1 hour
RecipesDesserts
SeasonsSummer

Description

I can't copy this recipe enough! It is from my South Dakota German family.

Ingredients

  • Cooked, mashed pulp of one good cantaloupe
  • 1⁄2 c sugar
  • 8 T flour
  • 1⁄4 t salt
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 2 T water
  • 1 T butter
  • 1 baked pie shell

Instructions

Combine dry ingredients and add to hot pulp. Stir until thick. Beat yolks and water. Add a little cantaloupe mixture to yolks to heat gradually. Then add. Continue cooking, stirring until thick and creamy. Add butter and pour into baked, cooled pie shell. Make a meringue by beating three egg whites, 1/4 tsp cream of tartar and 6 tbs. sugar. Top pie and bake in preheated 400 deg. oven until delicately brown on top.