Lucious, Popular Cantaloupe Pie

Summary

Yield1
Source

Gretchen Brown, Indiana

Prep Time1 hours
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
  • 1⁄2c sugar
  • 8T flour
  • 1⁄4t salt
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 2T water
  • 1T 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.