Lemon Pie the Easy Way
Author/ Συγγραφέας: Katerina
Recipe type/ Τύπος Πιάτου: Dessert
- 300 gr. / 10.5 oz. Digestives
- 3 tbsp melted butter
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup melted butter
- ⅓ cup lemon juice
- ⅔ water
- 2 tsp corn starch
- 4 egg whites
- Pinch of tartar
- 3 tbsp confectioner’s sugar
- Preheat oven to 175°C / 375°F.
- Put the digestives in your blender and make them fine crumbles.
- Put them in a bowl and pour the melted butter.
- Mix until all crumbles have been wet.
- Take a round tart pan with diameter of 25 cm/10 in.
- Place the crumbles on the bottom and spread so as to cover it and the sides up to 2 cm / a bit less than 1 in.
- Place it in the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove and set aside.
- Take a microwave oven safe bowl and put the eggs and sugar and whisk to incorporate.
- Add the melted butter and whisk again.
- Add the lemon juice and the water in which you have dissolved the corn starch.
- Mix to incorporate and place it in the microwave oven putting underneath a dish.
- Start you oven at the highest temperature for 1 minute.
- Remove whisk and put back in the microwave for another one minute and so on and so forth.
- In my oven it took 4 minutes to arrive at 86°C/ 186°F which is the right temperature for the eggs to cook.
- If you don’t have a thermometer, you will know it’s ready when it covers the back of your spoon and doesn’t drop all.
- Remove and set aside.
- Put the egg whites in your stand mixer and with the wire whisk until soft picks form.
- Add the cream of tartar and the sugar and continue to whisk until stiff picks are formed.
- Take the tart pan with the digestives and spread the lemon curd to cover the bottom entirely.
- On top arrange the meringue in any shape you like making sure it covers the filling completely.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 175°C / 375°F for about 10 minutes or until the meringue has taken a nice golden color!
Recipe for the lemon curd loosely adapted from King Arthur Flour
Recipe by Culinary Flavors at https://www.culinaryflavors.gr/lemon-pie-the-easy-way/
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