Pastry
- 2 cups of flour
- Dash of salt
- 1 tbsp. of sugar
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- In a medium bowl, combine flour, salt and sugar
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- 2/3 cup of butter (~133g)
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- Using a fork, cut butter into flour until mixture resembles coarse crumbs
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- 2 tsp. of vinegar
- 7 tbsp. of cold water
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- Add vinegar and water to flour mixture and work dough (with your hands) until smooth
- Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface to fit pan
- Place a sheet of oven paper in the tart pan, then place rolled pastry in pan on top of paper
- Trim edges and prick pastry all over with a fork and bake for 25 minutes and set aside
- After approx. 5 minutes, check pastry. If it has swelled up in the middle, gently pat it down.
- Reduce oven to 180°C
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Filling
- 1¼ cups of sugar
- 1 1/2 cups of water
- 1 tbsp. finely grated lemon rind
- 1/2 cup of lemon juice (approx 3-4 lemons)
- 1/3 cup of cornstarch
- 4 egg yolks (set aside egg whites for meringue)
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- In a medium pot, whisk together sugar, water, lemon rind, lemon juice, cornstarch and egg yolks over medium heat.
- Cook over medium heat until mixture is thick and just comes to a boil.
- Cook one minute longer then remove from heat
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- Stir in butter
- Pour into pie crust
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- 4 egg whites
- 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 1/2 tsp of vanilla
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- Beat eggwhites with an electric mixer at medium speed until frothy, then add cream of tartar
- Increase the speed to high and gradually beat in sugar and vanilla.
- Beat meringue until stiff peaks form and the meringue no longer feels gritty when it's rubbed between your fingers
- Spread meringue over pie, right to pastry edges, and make decorative peaks using the spatula
- Bake pie until meringue is golden (appox 15 minutes)
- Remove from the oven. Slide pie onto serving dish and let cool for at least 4 hours before serving, but do not refrigerate
- Slice the pie with a serrated knife dipped in warm water
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