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Lemon Meringue Pie

Lemon Meringue Pie

INGREDIENTS

Sweet Pastry
135g Edmonds all-purpose flour
80g Chelsea Icing Sugar
112g Mainland unsalted butter
Zest of ½ lemon
1 lge egg
Filling
4 tbsp Edmonds Fielder’s Cornflour
1 ¼ cup Chelsea sugar
2 ½ tsp lemon zest
175ml lemon juice
230ml water
4 eggs separated
1 tbsp Mainland Unsalted Butter
Meringue
4 Egg Whites
5 tbsp Chelsea Caster Sugar
Few drops Vanilla Essence

METHOD

Sweet Pastry:
Mix dry ingredients together until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add egg and mix to a paste. Wrap in cling film and refrigerate for min. 6 hours before using.  Blind bake pastry in large pie dish or individual tart tins.

Filling:
Blend cornflour, sugar, zest, juice and water into a saucepan. Cook over med heat until mixture boils and thickens stirring constantly. Take off the heat and stir in yolks and butter. When cool place in blind baked case.

Meringue:
Whisk whites till soft peaks form. Then start adding sugar slowly until all has been added and mix until meringue is thick and glossy. Place on top of tart and bake at 190°C till brown 10 – 15 mins.

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