Recipe - Paul Martins Rhubarb Meringue Pie

CRUST
1 cup Flour sifted
1/3 cup Shortening
5 tablespoon Cold water
Salt pinch

FILLING
2 One half cup Rhubarb cut into 1inch
Pieces
3 tablespoon Flour
1 cup Sugar
2 Egg yolks
1/3 cup Orange juice
Orange rind from one
Orange
1 tablespoon Butter

MERINGUE
2 Egg whites
4 tablespoon Sugar
One half teaspoon Vanilla

To make pastry, sift flour and salt and cut in shortening until mixture
resembles coarse crumbs. Add water and work with a fork until mixture holds
together. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 10 minutes. Roll pastry
and fit into a 9inch pie plate. Prick with a fork and bake at 400F for 10
minutes. For filling, sift sugar and flour together and add rhubarb. Cook
slowly until mixture thickens, stirring constantly. Stir in egg yolk and
cook 1 minute longer. Remove from heat and add orange juice, rind and
butter. Cool and pour into baked pastry shell. Meringue: beat egg whites
until frothy. Add sugar by the tablespoon, beating until stiff. Add
vanilla. Spread meringue over the pie and return to 350F oven for 1012
minutes, or until lightly browned.

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