This lemon meringue pie is elegant dessert for your party events. This is a microwave convection cooking recipe.
cooking time: 30 minutes
Ingredients for Pie Crust
1½ cup plain flour
¼ cup butter (frozen)
¼ cup castor sugar
2 tbsp ice cold water
1 egg
Ingredients for lemon filling
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
4 tbsp cornflour
grated rind of 2 lemons
50 gm butter (soft)
3 eggs (separated)
½ cup lemon juice
3 tbsp sugar (extra)
Method for Pie Crust
- Preheat the oven at 200°C at convection mode.
- In a large bowl mix all ingredients for pie and with the help of finger tips rub and knead in to a dough.
- Roll the dough and press it into greased pie dish.
- Place on low rack and bake for 10-15 minutes till it is golden brown on 200°C convection mode.
Method For lemon filling
- Preheat the microwave at convection mode at 170°C.
- In a microwave safe bowl add 1 cup sugar, water, cornflour and make a paste stirring it.
- Add lemon rind and microwave on 100% for 3-4 min. or till the mixture thickness.
- Keep aside to cool.
- Add butter, egg yolks, and lemon juice when it cook.
- Mix it and microwave for 3-4 min. at 80% power.
- Chill the filling in the refrigerator.
- Beat egg whites till forms peak and stiff.
- Add sugar gradually and continue beating.
- Spoon the chilled filling over the pie crust.
- Spread beaten egg white mixture over the filled pie crust.
- Bake on low rack for 10-15 min. at convection 170°C till the meringue is golden at top.
- Chill before serving.
- Lemon Meringue Pie is now ready to serve.