Mom's Gone with the Wind Heavenly Pie

Name: Mom's Gone with the Wind Heavenly Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 large, eggs, separated, room temperature; 3/4 teaspoon, salt; 1/2 teaspoon, cream of tartar; 1 1/2 cups (10 1/2 ounces), sugar; 1 tablespoon, grated lemon zest plus 3 tablespoons juice; 2 cups, heavy cream, chilled

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2011

Desserts or Baked Goods

American

Dessert Pies

This heavenly homage to Clark Gable sports a light, meringue crust and a fluffy whipped cream topping.

SERVES8

TIME1¾ hours, plus 3 hours drying and 2½ hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This recipe submission to our America's Best Lost Recipes contest received its name after Clark Gable purchased one of these pies at a bake sale. A fallen meringue forms the pie’s base and is filled with a whipped cream–lightened lemon curd...

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