Task 5: Lemon Pie

Today we have to writte about our favorite dish, but my favorite food is a very sweet dessert: Lemon (meringue) Pie.

"Lemon Pie" is a very common dessert in our country, it's a variant of the medieval british "Pie". Actually, there are a lot of pies: apple pie, chees pie, pecan pies, etc.

The origin of this dessert is in the USA in 19 century, but it is in France where this dessert comes from.

The crust for this is standard for all pies, it is made with water and flour. I prefer the crust with butter, sugar and flour, the flavor is better. This is one of the many variations.

The lemon filling is made with eggs, suggar, lemon peel and drops of juice. And for the meringue it is used the white of the egg, suggar and lemon drops (for the shine).

The preparation (as I cook it): first I mix flour, butter and suggar. Once it is thick, I put it on a pie pan and cook at the oven. For the filling I have to melt the butter, beat the egg with sugar, the melted butter, lemon juice and lemon peel, once I pour the filling over the pie pan I put meringue on.

I love this dessert, I enjoy cooking lemon pie, it's very simple to prepare and the ingredients are very common.