Mile-High Fig Pie

Yields:	1 pie
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	Preparation	20 minutes
	Cooking	25 minutes
	Ready In	1 hours

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Ingredients

1	each	pie shell (9 inch)	baked
1	cup	figs	dried
3	each	egg yolks
1/2	cup	sour cream	commercial
1/4	cup	lemon juice
1	pinch	salt
1/2	cup	sugar	granulated
1/2	cup	walnuts	coarsely chopped
1	teaspoon	vanilla extract
1	tablespoon	lemon zest	grated
3	each	egg whites
1/4	teaspoon	salt
6	tablespoons	sugar	granulated

Directions

Pour boiling water over figs, let stand 5 min., drain.

With scissors. snip off stems, then coarsely snip up figs. In saucepan, beat egg yolks slightly; stir in figs, sour cream, lemon juice, salt. and 1/2 cup sugar.

Bring to boil over low heat. stirring; then boil, stirring, 3 min.

Refrigerate until cool, stiff.

Start heating oven to 350 degrees F. Into fig mixture, stir nuts, vanilla, lemon rind; pour into pie shell.

Beat egg whites with 1/4 teaspoon salt till frothy; add 6 tablespoon. sugar, a little at a time, beating well after each addition.

Continue beating till stiff peaks are formed; heap on pie; spread right onto edge of crust.

Bake 12 to 15 min.

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Beefy Tortilla Casserole

This was OK, but we found it a little lacking in flavor. It just seemed like an awful lot of chopping and prep work for a mediocre result.

Reviewed by ccole1973