Mini Cranberry Meringue Pie

If you can’t find blood oranges, use regular ones for the zest and juice.

Ingredients
All-purpose flour, for work surface    
Pate Sucree Citrus Variation    
3 1/4  cups fresh cranberries (12 ounces)    
1 1/2  cups sugar    
1 1/2  teaspoons finely chopped blood orange zest, plus 1/4 cup blood orange juice    
1/4  teaspoon salt    
1/8  teaspoon ground cinnamon    
pinch of ground cloves    
3  tablespoons cornstarch    
3  large egg whites    
Pinch of cream of tartar  

Directions
1.   Preheat oven to 375*F. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8 inch thick. Cut out 4 1/8-inch
fluted rounds, and fit into cups of a standard 12-cup muffin tin (not nonstick). Pierce bottoms with tines of a fork. Freeze 15 minutes. 
  
2.   Line each shell with parchment paper, and fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake 15 minutes.
Remove weights and parchment. Return to oven; bake until bottoms are just turning golden, 5 minutes more. Transfer to wire racks; let cool 5 minutes. Remove shells from tin; let cool completely.
   
3.   Bring 2 cups cranberries, 1 cup sugar, and 1 1/2 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan.
Reduce heat, and simmer mixture, stirring occasionally, until cranberries have burst, about 5 minutes. Pour through a coarse sieve, then a fine sieve; discard solids. (You should have about 1 3/4 cups; if you have less, add water).
   
4.   Bring strained cranberry juice, 1/4 cup sugar, the zests, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and remaining 1 1/4
cups cranberries to a boil in a medium saucepan, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat; simmer, stirring occasionally, until cranberries are soft but have not burst, about 3 minutes.
   
5.   Meanwhile, stir cornstarch, blood orange juice, and 1/4 cup water in a bowl; whisk into cranberry
mixture. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook, stirring, until translucent, about 1 minute. Divide among prepared shells. Refrigerate until set, about 1 hour (up to overnight). 
  
6.   Preheat broiler. Put egg whites and remaining 1/4 cup sugar into the heatproof bowl of an electric
mixer set over a pan of simmering water; whisk until sugar has dissolved and mixture is hot to the touch. Attach to mixer fitted with the whisk attachment; beat on medium speed until foamy. Raise speed to high. Add cream of tartar; beat until medium, glossy peaks form. Divide the meringue evenly among pies. 
  
7.   Set pies under broiler until tops are browned, 30 seconds to 1 minute.  Makes 12.

Source:  www.marthastewart.com

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