Coffee Meringue Pie Recipes

Steps:

• 1. For Filling: In medium saucepan, combine sugar, flour, and salt. Stir in half and half and hot coffee, mixing until smooth. Cook over medium-high heat until thickened, stirring constantly.
• 2. Quickly stir in 1/3 cup hot mixture slowly into egg yolks; return to saucepan. Cook and stir 1 minute, then remove from heat. Stir in butter and vanilla extract until butter is melted.
• 3. Spread evenly into baked & cooled pie shell. Set to cool. Preheat oven to 375F for meringue.
• 4. For Meringue: Using electric mixer, beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add salt, cream of tartar, and sugar, beating until stiff and shiny. Quickly spread over filling to the edge. Bake 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool to set up in the refrigerator for 2 hours. Yum To The Max! 8)

Steps:

• FOR THE CUSTARD: In a lg saucepan, bring milk and coffee to slight boil. Quickly whisk in egg/eggwhites, one at a time. Quickly whisk in flour, cornstarch, sugar, and salt; whisking after each addition until well incorporated. Whisk in chocolate.
• Boil intermittenly until thick and custard-like in texture. Let cool in a separate bowl until needed.
• FOR THE CRUST: Sift together cocoa pwder, confectioners sugar, flour, and salt. Cut in the butter and rub together with fingertips until crumbly. Rub in egg yolk until well-incorporated, kneading until a slight dough forms.
• Butter/flour a 9-inch cake pan and press dough into pan to make a crust form. Bake at 350 degrees farenheit for 6-8 minutes (it will darken), scour the bottom with melted chocolate and set aside until needed.
• FOR THE MERINGUE: Whip the egg whites until stiff peaks form, slowly incorporate the sugar. Set aside until needed.
• ASSEMBLING/BAKING THE PIE: Pour the custard into the crust and top with meringue. Bake at 325 degrees farenheit until meringue is golden at the edges, about 12-20 minutes. Sprinkle with ground coffee and chocolate shavings and refrigerate for at least 8 hours before serving. Eat cold.

Steps:

• 1. To make meringue shell, preheat oven to 275. Generously butter a 9 x 1 1/2 inch glass pie plate. Using a stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment or hand mixer, beat egg whites on medium speed til frothy. Add cream of tartar, increase speed to medium high and slowly beat in the sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time. Increase speed to high and continue beating til whites form medium stiff peaks and look glossy. The meringue should stay stiff and not droop when you lift the beaters. If it looks dry or grainy instead of glossy, you've gone too far. Gently fold the pecans into the whites. Spoon mixture into prepared pie plate. Using back of the spoon, spread meringue evenly over the bottom and up the walls of the dish. Bake til light golden brown, about 45 minutes. Turn off heat and leave the meringue shell in oven with door closed for another 45 minutes. The shell should have a nice golden color. Remove it from oven and cool completely on wire rack before filling.
• 2. To make coffee mallow filling, mix the marshmallows, coffee, butter and salt in medium pan and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, til marshmallows have completely melted. Remove form h eat and let cool to room temperature. Meanwhile, using a stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment or handheld mixer, beat cream, vanilla, and sugar on high speed til medium stiff peaks form. Whisk a little of the whipped cream into the cooled coffee goo to lighten it and break up any lumps, then fold the mixture into the bowl of whipped cream til fully incorporated. Scrap mixture into the cooled meringue shell, spread evenly and smooth the top. Refrigerate for 1 to 3 hours before serving. Don't assemble this pie too far in advance because the filling will make the bottom of the pie shell slightly soggy. If you need to work ahead, make the shell and the cream up to 1 day ahead but keep them separate.
• 3. Drizzle top of pie with caramel sauce and use a rasp style grater to grate chocolate over top. Cut into slices and serve. The edges of the meringue shell might crumble a bit when you cut it. Just dust with cocoa powder to hide the imperfections. Honestly, you're not going to care what it looks like because once it goes into your mouth, you're going to be very happy.
• 4. Caramel Sauce: 2 cups sugar 1 cup water 1 1/2 tsp. fleur de sel 2 cups heavy cream, warmed 1 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract In a deep heavy bottomed pot, mix the sugar, water and salt and stir til well mixed. Cook over high heat til sugar starts to color around the edges of the pot, swirling the pan to promote even caramelization of the sugar. Don't stir or the sugar will crystallize, that is, harden. Continue cooking, swirling occasionally til the caramel is very dark mahogany in color and lightly smoking. It should be on the verge of burning, 10 to 15 minutes. Immediately remove the pot from the heat and while stirring with a whisk or wooden spoon, add the warmed cream in a steady stream. Since you're taking the caramel to the dark side, you have to work quickly and begin adding the cram right away to stop the cooking process. But you don't want to add it all at once, so pour it in a continuous steady stream. Be careful. The mixture wills team and bubble up furiously. Wear an oven mitt on the hand that's stirring in the cream. Strain through a fine mesh sieve into a metal bowl. Stir in the vanilla and let cool at room temperature, stirring occasionally, for about 1 hour. Refrigerate, uncovered, for several hours to thicken. Whisk before using or transferring to an airtight jar for longer storage. It will keep refrigerated for at least 1 week. Tip: Warming the cream separately helps to keep the caramel from shocking into a hard mass when you add it. Be sure to add it quickly because you need to stop the cooking process as soon as the caramel turns the color you want. Otherwise, it will keep cooking and it can go from perfect to brunt in just a few seconds. Be sure the pot is heavy bottomed to promote even cooking, deep enough to hold the caramel when it bubbles up and light colored, such as stainless steel, so you can see the color of the caramel as it's cooking. When mixing in cream, use heat proof utensils such as a wooden spoon or silicone spatula.
• 5. To ensure that the sugar does not crystallize, you can add a very small amount of fresh lemon juice for 1/2 lemon, to the sugar mixture before putting it on the heat.

Steps:

• For the pastry, tip the flour into a bowl, then rub in the butter with your fingertips until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add 4-6 tbsp cold water, bit by bit, until a dough is formed. Knead briefly on a floured surface. Shape into a ball, wrap in cling film and chill for 30 mins.
• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Roll the pastry on a floured surface into a circle large enough to line a 25cm tart tin with a slight overhang. Cover with tin foil and fill with baking beans. Place on a baking tray and bake for 15 mins before carefully removing the foil and beans. Brush liberally with egg white, place the pastry case back in the oven for 10 mins or until golden, then remove from the oven and trim the edges. Turn the oven down to 150C/130C fan/gas 2.
• For the filling, melt the butter in a pan and stir in the sugar until dissolved completely. In a small bowl, add a little of the milk to the cornflour, working into a smooth paste. Pour remaining milk and cornflour paste into the butter mix, slowly bring to the boil and simmer for 2-3 mins, stirring continuously. Leave to cool slightly. If you've only thought of meringue pie as the lemon kind, then think again. Try making my version with toffee - it involves a bit of work, but the result is spectacular Beating all the time with a whisk, pour ½ the milk mixture onto the egg yolks, then pour back into the rest of the milk. Stirring non-stop, bring to the boil and simmer for 2-3 mins until thick. Turn off the heat, but leave the mixture in the pan - it must be hot when topped with the meringue.
• For the meringue, whisk the egg whites until they are stiff. Sprinkle in half the sugar and whisk again until stiff and shiny, adding the remaining sugar, 1 tbsp at a time and whisking until stiff again. Spoon the hot filling into the pastry case. Spoon the meringue over the top and bake for 35 mins until the meringue is golden and crisping up. Remove from the oven and allow to cool before eating. Best eaten on the day.

Steps:

• For graham cracker crust:
• Mix graham cracker crumbs and remaining ingredients in a small bowl to blend. Press mixture onto bottom and up sides of pie dish; chill until crust is firm, about 30 minutes.
• For coffee ganache:
• Place chocolate and butter in a large bowl. Bring cream, coffee, and 2 tablespoons water to a boil in a small saucepan. Remove from heat; cover and let steep for 5 minutes.
• Strain cream mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into bowl with chocolate and butter; discard coffee grounds. Stir until melted and ganache is smooth. Pour into chilled crust; smooth top. Chill until set, about 1 hour.
• For meringue:
• Meringue Using an electric mixer with clean, dry beaters on medium speed, beat egg whites in a medium bowl until light and frothy. Add sugar in 4 additions, beating for 1 minute after each addition. Continue beating egg whites until stiff and glossy.
• Spoon meringue over coffee ganache; swirl decoratively with a spatula or the back of a spoon. Using a kitchen torch, if desired, toast meringue until golden brown in spots. DO AHEAD: Pie can be made 8 hours ahead. Keep chilled.