Sour Cream Raisin Meringue Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C.)
• In a large bowl, combine eggs, sour cream, sugar, vanilla, salt and nutmeg. Beat until smooth. stir in raisins. Pour filling into pie crust.
• Bake in the lower half of preheated oven for 40 minutes, or until filling is set. Allow to cool before serving.

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, place raisins and enough water to cover; bring to a boil. Remove from the heat; set aside. , In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch, salt, cloves and cinnamon. Stir in sour cream and milk until smooth. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to low; cook and stir for 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat. Stir a small amount of hot filling into egg yolks; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat., Drain raisins, reserving 1/2 cup liquid. Gently stir liquid into filling. Add raisins, and nuts if desired. Pour into pie shell. , For meringue, in a small bowl, beat egg whites and salt on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, on high until stiff peaks form. Spread over hot filling, sealing edge to crust. , Bake at 350° for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour; refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serving. Refrigerate leftovers.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Blend cornstarch, all sugar, salt, and nutmeg in saucepan. Blend in sour cream. Stir in egg yolks, raisins, and lemon juice. Cook over med heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens & boils. Boil & stir 1 minute. Immediately pour into baked pie shell.
• BROWN-SUGAR MERINGUE RECIPE.
• 3 egg whites, 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar, 6 tablespoons brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Beat egg whites & cream of tartar until foamy. Beat in brown sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time--continue beating until stiff & glossy. Do not underbeat. Beat in vanilla.
• Heap meringue onto hot pie filling; spread and carefully seal meringue to edge of crust to prevent shrinking or weeping.
• Bake about 10 min or until lightly browned.
• Cool away from draft.

Steps:

• In a bowl soak the raisins in water to cover by about 2-inches for 8 hours or up to 1 day.
• Fit prepared pastry into a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate.
• Trim dough leaving a 1/2-inch overhang, then crimp edge decoratively.
• Chill the pastry in the fridge until very firm (about 30 minutes).
• Set oven to 425°F (middle oven rack).
• Lightly prick the pastry, then line the shell with foil.
• Fill the foil with pie weights or rice and bake in middle rack for 15 minutes.
• Carefully remove the foil and weights.
• Place back in oven and bake for another 8 minutes.
• Cool shell in pan on rack.
• Reduce oven to 400°F.
• To make the filling: drain the raisins well.
• Separate the 2 eggs and place 5 whites in total into a bowl; set aside.
• In another bowl whisk together the 2 yolks and sour cream in a bowl, then whisk in 1/2 cup sugar flour, vanilla, cloves, nutmeg and salt until very well combined.
• Add in well drained raisins; mix to combine.
• Pour the filling into shell and bake in center oven for 10 minutes at 400°F.
• With pie still in the oven reduce oven again to 350°F and bake for another 30-40 minutes, or until filling is set.
• To make meringue: Remove the pie from the oven but keep the temperature at 350°F.
• In a bowl with an electric mixer beat the 5 room temperature egg whites until they JUST have soft peaks.
• Gradually add in 1/4 cup sugar and keep beating until stiff peaks form.
• Spread the meringue over warm pie, covering filling completely and making certain that the meringue touches shell all the way around (this is important!).
• Bake pie in middle oven until meringue is golden (about 10 minutes).
• Cool pie or serve at room temperature.

Steps:

• Add raisins to water in saucepan and simmer 5 minutes.
• Beat egg yolks, sugar, vinegar and flour until light and creamy.
• Slowly add to raisins.
• Cook, stirring constantly, until filling is thick, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat, stir in butter and cool until lukewarm.
• Pour raisin mixture into pie shell and top with meringue.
• Perfect Meringue.
• Have egg whites at room temperature to obtain greatest volume. Place in medium bowl with cream of tartar, salt and vanilla.
• Beat with electric or hand beater, at medium speed, until entire mixture is frothy.
• Do not beat until eggs stiffen.
• Add sugar, a little at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Do not under beat. Beat until sugar dissolves to help prevent beading.
• To test, rub some of meringue between your fingers to see if it is still grainy.
• (The grains are undissolved sugar) Continue to beat until stiff, pointed peaks for when beater is slowly lifted.
• Place spoonfuls of meringue around edge of pie filling, spreading it so it touches inter edge of crust to seal all around.
• This prevents shrinkage. Pile remainder of meringue in center of pie and spread to meet meringue around the edge. If filling is not covered completely, the oven heat may cause it to weep.
• Lift up meringue over pie in points with back of teaspoon.
• Bake in moderate oven (350 F) 12 to 15 minutes, or until meringue peaks are golden brown.
• Too long baking may cause weeping.
• Cool gradually away from drafts.

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine sugar, flour, and salt. Gradually stir in milk. Cook and stir on medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat, and cook and stir 2 more minutes. Remove from heat.
• Beat yolks slightly. Gradually stir 1 cup of mix into yolks. Return yolk mixture to saucepan, and bring to gentle boil. Cook and stir 2 more minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in butter, peel, and juice. Fold in sour cream.
• Pour filling into baked pie shell, and cool. Top with whipped cream if desired.

Steps:

• In a bowl soak raisins in water to cover by 2 inches at least 8 hours and up to 1 day. Drain raisins in a sieve.
• On a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin roll out dough into a 14-inch round (about 1/8 inch thick) and fit into a 9-inch glass pie plate (1 quart). Trim dough, leaving a 1/2-inch overhang, and crimp edge decoratively. Chill shell until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 425° F.
• Lightly prick bottom of shell all over with a fork and line shell with foil. Fill foil with pie weights or rice and bake shell in middle of oven 15 minutes. Carefully remove foil and weights or rice and bake shell until golden, about 8 minutes more. Cool shell in pan on a rack.
• Reduce temperature to 400° F.
• Separate eggs. Chill whites until ready to use. In a bowl whisk together yolks and sour cream and whisk in 1/2 cup sugar, flour, vanilla, cloves, nutmeg, salt, and raisins. Pour filling into shell and bake in middle of oven 10 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350° F. and bake pie 30 to 40 minutes more, or until filling is set.
• Remove pie from oven but keep temperature at 350° F. In another bowl with an electric mixer beat whites until they just hold soft peaks. Gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar, beating until meringue just holds stiff peaks. Spread meringue over warm pie, covering filling completely and making sure meringue touches shell all the way around.
• Bake pie in middle of oven until meringue is golden, about 10 minutes. Cool pie on rack and serve at room temperature.