Lime Meringue Pie

Lime Meringue Pie#

Original recipe: its a mystery :)

24cm diameter pie

Ingredients#

BASE:

  • 100g chocolate biscuits

  • 60g melted and cooled butter

LIME CREAM FILLING:

  • 4 egg yolks

  • 400g condensed milk

  • 150ml lime juice

MERINGUE:

  • 4 egg whites

  • 1 pinch salt

  • 3 heaped tablespoons sugar

Preparation#

  1. Put the biscuits into a bag and crush with the rolling pin. Mix with the butter

  2. Press into the form using the back of a spoon or the base of a glass, creating a 1 cm high rim. Place in the fridge.

  3. Beat the egg yolk until white, add the condensed milk and lime juice. Spread on the base and bake for 25 minutes at 175ºC

  4. Remove from oven and change to 200ºC with top heat.(if no top heat option is available place the rack higher up in the oven.

  5. Beat the eggwhites with the salt until stiff, add the sugar slowly beating until shiny and the meringue forms hard peaks.

  6. Spoon or pipe onto the cake and bake for 3 minutes. Remove from oven and cool.

Makes/Notes#

  1. Summer 2017 make

  2. Compare and contrast to my moms Tarte Citron Vert

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