Bob Hope's Favorite Lemon Pie

Ingredients

200 gr sugar
50 gr sugar
60 ml lemon juice
240 ml water
4 egg yolks
28 gr butter
1 rind of lemon
1 salt
3 egg whites
1 pie shell

Instructions

Combine cornstarch and 1 cup plus 2 tbl. of sugar, add water slowly, stirring constantly, until thick and smooth. Add slightly beaten egg yolks, butter, lemon rind and juice and salt. Cook 2 or 3 minute. Pour into baked shell. Cover with meringue made from 3 egg whites, beaten stiff and 2 tbl. sugar. Bake in a slow oven 15 minutes or untilbrown. ----