Orange Blossom Pie

Photo: flickr user The Gifted Photographer

Ingredients

3 eggs

1/2 cup white sugar

2 teaspoons grated orange rind

1/4 cup orange juice

4 tablespoons butter or margarine

1 cup whipping cream

fresh orange sections

1 vanilla wafer or graham cracker crust, chilled

Preparation

Method:1. Beat the eggs until frothy. Combine eggs, sugar, orange juice, and rind in a saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until very thick.

Remove from heat, and stir in butter. Chill completely.

2. Whip the cream to soft peaks. Fold into chilled orange mixture.

3. Arrange a layer of orange sections in chilled vanilla wafer crust. Spoon chilled orange mixture into crust, and top with additional orange sections. Chill until ready to serve.

Makes 1 pie

A delicious and refreshing dessert. Can also be made with mandarin oranges.