Fran’s Angel Food Pie

Name: Fran’s Angel Food Pie
Prep time: 2 h 20 min
Cook time: 2 h 20 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters cornstarch; 3 larges egg whites; 1 pint heavy cream, whipped; 9 inches baked pie shell; 1 pinch salt; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract, or to taste; 1 Tbsp chopped walnuts; 473 milliliters water; 237 milliliters white sugar

Fran’s Angel Food Pie might be a good recipe to expand your dessert recipe box. This vegetarian recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains approximately 16g of protein, 81g of fat, and a total of 1359 calories. Head to the store and pick up sugar, salt, heavy cream, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Partially fill the bottom of a double boiler with water, and bring the water to a boil.

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Water

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Double Boiler

Pour 2 cups of water into the top of the double boiler with the salt.

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Water

Salt

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Double Boiler

Place the top of the boiler onto the bottom.

Whisk 1 cup of sugar with the cornstarch in a bowl until all lumps are gone, and whisk the mixture into the water until smooth. Cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture is thickened and translucent.

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Corn Starch

Sugar

Water

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Whisk

Bowl

In a large bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer until they form stiff peaks.

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Egg Whites

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Pour in the hot cornstarch mixture in a slow, steady stream, beating constantly, until the mixture is fluffy and forms peaks. Beat in 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.

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Vanilla Extract

Corn Starch

Spread the filling into the baked pie shell in an even layer, and chill in refrigerator.

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Pie Crust

Spread

With an electric mixer, beat the cream with 1 teaspoon of sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract in a large metal bowl until the cream forms soft peaks; frost the pie with decorative swirls and peaks of the whipped cream.

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Vanilla Extract

Whipped Cream