
Ingredients for - Lemon Meringue Pie
How to cook deliciously - Lemon Meringue Pie
1. Stage
Make pastry: Process flour, powdered sugar, and butter until crumbly. Add egg yolk and the water; process until ingredients come together. Knead dough on floured surface until smooth. Cover; refrigerate 30 minutes.
2. Stage
Grease 8-inch removable-bottom tart pan. Roll pastry between sheets of parchment until large enough to line pan. Ease pastry into pan, press into base and side; trim edge. Cover; refrigerate 30 minutes.
3. Stage
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F/425 degrees F fan-forced.
4. Stage
Place pan on oven tray. Line pastry case with baking paper; fill with dried beans or rice. Bake 15 minutes; remove paper and beans carefully from pie shell. Bake about 10 minutes; cool pie shell, turn oven off.
5. Stage
Meanwhile, combine corn starch and sugar in medium saucepan; gradually stir in juice and the water until smooth. Cook, stirring, over high heat, until mixture boils and thickens. Reduce heat; simmer, stirring, 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in rind, butter, and egg yolks. Cool 10 minutes.
6. Stage
Spread filling into pie shell. Cover; refrigerate 2 hours.
7. Stage
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F/425 degrees F fan-forced.
8. Stage
Beat egg whites in small bowl with electric mixer until soft peaks form; gradually add extra sugar, beating until sugar dissolves.