Grate the rind from the lemon ... mixture into pie shell and bake 30 minutes. Beat egg whites, gradually adding remaining 3 tablespoons sugar, until very stiff. Place on custard pie.

If you grew up in the South—or ever visited a grandma who really knew her way around a pie plate—you know this dessert well.

The egg clearly comes first in Sheri Castle’s “oh so lovely” lemon angel pie. This old-fashioned recipe with ... Lemon curd is a type of eggy custard that we use like jam or preserves.

She has been making this custard pie since she was 13 years old, when her stepfather first taught her to make it. She cooked for her entire family back then but now cooks mostly for herself ...