Lemon meringue pie

lemon meringue pie

I offer you the best lemon meringue pie recipe, with a homemade shortbread dough, a balanced lemon cream, and just golden meringue. A classic that is easy to reproduce at home. No complicated ingredients, for the more cautious use a ready-made s dough, for others follow the recipe. With or without meringue, you choose,  You can use limes, or why not grapefruit or orange to vary the recipe.

Difficulty                level Easy enough

Preparation time    30 min

Cooking time          20 min

Portion                   6 people

List of ingredients

Shortbread

250g of flour

150 g of butter

50 g of sugar

50 g icing sugar

1 egg

1 pinch of salt

Lemon Cream :

150 ml of lemon juice or 3 or 4 lemons

zest of a lemon

150 g of sugar

3 eggs

1 tablespoon maizéna

75g of butter

Meringue (optional)

2 egg whites (or 3 small ones)

75 g of sugar

Steps in the recipe

Realization and cooking of the shortbread dough:

Beat the egg with sugars and salt
Add the flour in 1 time, knead with your fingertips
Add the soft butter into pieces, knead quickly and form a ball
Shoot and cool for at least 1 hour
Spread in the pie dish, cover with a sheet of parchment paper and beans, clay balls, or a chain of metal beads available in supermarkets
Bake for 10 minutes at 356 ° F, then remove the "weight" and put 8-10 minutes to cook the center. The dough should be golden brown (otherwise prolong cooking for a few minutes)
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Realization of the lemon cream:

Take the zest of an untreated lemon
Boil lemon juice with zest
Beat eggs with sugar and cornflour
Gradually add the lemon juice to the net without quashing
Put everything on medium heat and make thicken stirring well all the time, you will get a cream.
Let cool and then add the soft butter in pieces, whisking well.
Garnish the pre-cooked pie shell. Book fresh.

Optional Finishing: Meringue:

Whip the whites until they are firm, add the sugar, and whip for a few more seconds.
Garnish the top of the pie with a piping bag for example and brown the meringue with a torch ...



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