Grapefruit Pie

Subject: Grapefruit Pie Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:52 pm

Grapefruit Pie

1/3 cup cornstarch

1-1/4 cups sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1-/34 cups boiling water

3 egg yolks, slightly beaten

1 tbsp butter

1/2 cup fresh grapefruit juice

1 tsp grated grapefruit rind

1 baked pastry shell

Grapefruit segments

Mix cornstarch, sugar and salt

Add water slowly, stirring until well blended

Cook over boiling water for 15 minutes stirring until thick and smooth

Pour into egg yolks slowly, return to heat and cook 2 minutes longer

Remove from heat and add butter, grapefruit juice and rind

Cool

Pour into pastry shell; arrange grapefruit segments around edge of pie, pile on a Meringue

Makes 1 pie