Cantaloupe Pie

I have not tried this. I'm posting it for a request. It looks simple and easy. A good way to use up a very ripe cantaloupe before it goes to waste too!

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 10

Ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup flour
• 1  large cantaloupe, very ripe
• 3⁄4 cup sugar, divided use
• 3  large eggs, separated
• 2  tablespoons butter
•  baked  pie shell

Directions

1. Peel, seed, and dice melon.
2. In a medium sauce pan mix 1/2 the sugar with melon and cook until melon is tender and soft.
3. Mash melon.
4. Mix flour with remaining sugar; add beaten egg yolks and butter.
5. Mix in mashed melon.
6. Pour into pie shell and cover with meringue made from the egg whites sweetened to taste.
7. Brown meringue in oven.
8. Cool pie.