Lemon Meringue Pie

                 

Have you seen the movie ‘Toast’?  definitely worth a watch if you are a foodie. Its all about UK writer and cook Nigel Slater, his childhood, growing up with a mother who couldn’t really cook anything other than toast and tinned food, his desire to eat ‘real’ food, and his journey to reach that point.  On the front of the dvd cover is him sitting there with a rather large lemon meringue pie on the table.

Recently I felt inspired to create a lemon meringue pie, and with lemons in abundance what more did I need to get me started….

 

love the lemony lusciousness of this dessert…

LEMON MERINGUE PIE

•  sweet short pastry
• 3/4 cup water
• 2 T. cornflour
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
•  lemon zest and lemon juice from 1 lemon
• 40g butter
• 3 egg yolks

1. Roll pastry and place in a 20cm pie dish and blind bake for about 10mins at 200c.
2. In a pot add water and cornflour and whisk to combine then add the sugar.
3. Add lemon zest and juice and heat for 2 mins stirring.
4. Remove from heat and add butter and egg yolks and whisk.
5. Leave to cool.

MERINGUE

• 3 egg whites
• 1/2 cup caster sugar

1. With an electric mixer beat egg whites until stiff and slowly and gradually add the sugar until glossy and thick.
2. Place the lemon filling into the pastry shell, then spoon the meringue mixture over the top.
3. Bake for approx. 10 mins at 180c, or until meringue is lightly browned.