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Prefer mini lemon meringue pies? Easy! Follow the recipe card below, but cut and shape the rolled dough into cupcake trays, instead of one large pie tin. Reduce the blind baking time and then fill the mini tart cases with the lemon filling before adding the meringue. Bring the 225ml of water to the boil on the stove and whilst it is coming to temperature whisk together the cornflour, lemon zest and lemon juice. Place the flour and chilled butter in a food processor and blitz until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. If using your hands, rub the butter into the flour mixture until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Try to keep the mixture cold, even if you need to return it to the fridge in between steps.

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Made up with cold water and giving a lemon flavoured filling for lemon meringue pies. Benefits include: This recipe is made using Australian cups and spoon measurements.Any reference to cups or spoons in this recipe is in Australian metric. Due to cup sizes varying from country to country, I advise adjusting if necessary. Now pour the loose egg mix into the the lemon and cornflour mix and keep on whisking for 3-4 minutes.For lemon meringue pie with biscuit base; don’t have time to make the pie crust? Use a store-bought pie case, or substitute the homemade pastry for an easy, no-bake biscuit base like this one here .

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Reduce the heat to low and gently simmer for around 10-15 minutes, until the syrup reaches 115 C/239 F (if you don't have a thermometer, the syrup should be at "soft ball stage", where if you drop a bit of it into cold water, it will form a soft ball. Making Italian Meringue does require a little more work than a traditional meringue. You need to make a sugar syrup cooking it to a rolling boil, so you need a sugar thermometer. Place a layer of baking paper over the dough and cover with baking beads.** If you don’t have baking beads, you can use dried beans or rice. As a child Lemon Meringue pie was always a special treat. As a result, it still very much feels that way today.Add the sugar, salt and egg yolks and stir with a knife. Squish the mixture together with your hands, into a rough ball. If the mixture is too dry or crumbly add a little of the milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until everything comes together. But try to avoid this for a more tender pastry.

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Every home cook needs a set of kitchen knives that won't let them down which is why we've teamed up with Opinel for your chance to win a knife set for every culinary job. Butter –adds richness and creaminess to the filling, as well as helping it to set when chilled. Use real butter for best results. The Tesco one has a funny after taste for me. The only other thing is to make it from scratch it will be much nicer but not so handy. Use room temperature eggs. Room temperature egg whites whip more easily and hold more air than cold eggs. Separate your eggs, cover and allow them to reach room temperature before beating. To speed up the process, add whole eggs to a bowl of warm water for 5 minutes.

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For perfectly fluffy meringue, make sure you use clean, dry equipment and make sure there are no traces of egg yolk in the egg whites. Any residual egg yolk (even the tiniest drop!) or oils on your equipment can interfere with the egg whites and prevent them from forming perfectly stiff peaks. Separate the eggs one at a time and transfer each egg white to the clean mixer bowl to prevent contamination if a yolk breaks.