Orange Torte

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups zwieback toast crumbs
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 teaspoon orange rind, grated
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 2 teaspoons cold water
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 1 egg
• 1 dash salt
• 6 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325f and grease a deep pie plate.
• 2 combine crumbs butter, cinnamon, 1/2 cup of sugar; mix well.
• 3 line prepared pie plate with 2/3 of this mixture; bake for ten minutes.
• 4 raise oven temperature to 350°f.
• 5 beat egg yolks until thick and lemon colored; stir in flour, salt and remaining sugar.
• 6 add orange juice, rind and milk; cook in a double boiler about 15 minutes, stirring constantly.
• 7 cool.
• 8 pour into baked shell and cover with meringue, making sure it covers the edges well.
• 9 sprinkle meringue with remaining crumbs and bake for 15 minutes.
• 10 for the meringue:.
• 11 mix together cornstarch and cold water.
• 12 add to 1/2 cup boiling water.
• 13 cook over low heat until it thickens.
• 14 set aside to cool.
• 15 beat egg whites, dash of salt, and sugar until stiff.
• 16 add cooled cornstarch mixture to beaten egg mixture.