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From Cook: How to cook absolutely everything, from The Australian Women’s Weekly.
Lemon meringue pie
Prep time: 40 minutes (plus refrigeration time)
Cooking time: 30 minutes (plus cooling time) Serves 8
1½ cups (225g) plain flour
3 teaspoons icing sugar
140g cold butter, chopped
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons water – approximately
Filling
½ cup (75g) cornflour
1 cup (220g) caster sugar
½ cup (125mp) lemon juice
1¼ cups (310 ml) water
2 tablespoons finely grated lemon rind
3 egg yolks
60g butter
Meringue
3 egg whites
½ cup (110g) caster sugar
1. Sift flour and icing sugar into medium bowl, rub in butter. Add yolk and enough water to make ingredients cling together. Press dough into ball, knead gently on floured board until smooth, cover, refrigerate for 30 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to moderately hot (200 (180 fan forced) Celsius). Lightly grease 24cm flan tin.
3. Roll dough on floured surface until large enough to line tin. Lift pastry into tin, ease into sides, trim edge.
4. Place tin on oven tray, line pastry with baking paper, then fill with dried beans or uncooked rice. Blind bake 10 minutes. Remove paper and beans, bake uncovered for 10 more minutes or until pastry case is lightly browned. Cool. Reduce oven temperature to moderate 180(160 fan forced) Celsius.
5. Make filling and meringue. Spread filling into pastry case, top with meringue. Bake 5 minutes or until meringue is browned lightly. Stand five minutes before serving.
Filling
Combine cornflour and sugar in a medium saucepan, gradually stir in juice and water. Stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens (mixture should be very thick). Reduce heat, simmer stirring, 30 seconds. Remove from heat, quickly stir in rind, egg yolks and butter. Stir until smooth. Cover. Cool to room temperature.
Meringue
Beat egg whites in small bowl with electric mixer until soft peaks form: gradually add sugar, beating until dissolved after each addition.
Per serving: 23.7g total fat (14.4g unsaturated). 2211kj (529 cals), 71.7g carbohydrate. 6.2g protein. 1.1g fibre.