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Lemon Meringue Pie

from Woman's Weekly recipe book

Ingredients

Pastry

  • 1½ cups (225g) Plain Flour

  • 1 tbsp Icing Sugar Mixture

  • 140g cold Butter, chopped

  • 1 egg yolk, beaten

  • 2 tbsp cold Water


Filling

  • ½ cup (75g) Corn Flour

  • 1 cup (220g) Castor Sugar

  • ½ cup (125ml) fresh Lemon Juice

  • 1¼ cups (310ml) Water

  • 2 tsp Lemon Zest

  • 3 Egg Yolks

  • 60g Butter


Meringue

  • 3 Egg Whites

  • ½ cup (110g) Castor Sugar

Method

  1. Sift flour and icing sugar into a bowl and rub in butter

  2. Add egg yolk and enough water to make ingredients cling together

  3. Knead dough together and then cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes

  4. Roll out dough thin enough to line a 24cm round flan tin

  5. Line the tin with pastry and trim edges

  6. Prick with a fork and blind bake for about 10 minutes at 180°C or until slightly browned

  7. Remove and cool

  8. Combine cornflour and sugar in a medium saucepan

  9. Gradually stir in juice and water until smooth

  10. Stri over heat until mixture boils and thickens (should become very thick)

  11. Remove from heat and stir in zest, yolks and butter

  12. Cover and cool to room temperature

  13. Beat egg whites until thick

  14. Gradually add sugar and keep beating until sugar has dissolved

  15. Pour filling into pastry shell

  16. Top with meringue

  17. Bake at 180°C for 5 to 10 minutes or until meringue is browned

  18. Stand for 5 minutes before serving

Notes

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