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Lemon cake with meringue

Posted date : 01.02.2016 In Dessert, Different dishes

Looking not so long ago the film «Toast» I just lit to cook lemon pie with meringue. All my expectations with regard to him were completely justified, contrast, texture crisp pastry, gentle lemon cream and soft with crunchy meringue vershinku just can not leave you indifferent :). Cake can be prepared in the form of portioned tartlets. I am willing half portion in the form of 18 cm. If you do not like lemons, then you can safely use other fruit or berries.

For a diameter of 28 — 30 cm

Ingredients

Dough:

Powdered sugar — 100 g

Flour — 250 g

Butter — 125 g

salt — 1 pinch

Lemon zest — 0. 5 teaspoons

Vanilla sugar — 2 pinches

The egg yolk — 3

Cold water — 2 tablespoons

Lemon Cream:

The juice of 2 lemons — 200 grams

Sugar — 200

The starch (corn) — 30 g

Water — 200 ml

The egg yolk — 3

lemon zest — 2 pcs.

Butter — 50 g

Meringue:

Egg whites — 6 pieces.

Sugar — 100 g

Note

1. Butter ground in a blender along with all the ingredients for the dough. Kneaded, wrapped in plastic wrap and send in the refrigerator for 1 hour. At this time it is possible to prepare a cream. To do this, mix lemon juice with water, starch, sugar and zest in a saucepan, put on fire and, stirring constantly, bring to a thick. Then add 2 egg yolks, continuing to whisk, cook another 2 minutes. Remove from the heat, add the butter and stir.

2. whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt in a solid foam, add sugar, continuing to whisk. Put the dough in a baking dish, forming ledges and prick with a fork.

3. We send in a preheated 180 degree oven for 15 minutes. On baked lemon cake spread cream on cream spread meringue. Send to the oven for 15 minutes, then lowers the temperature to 130 degrees and vpekaem another 15 minutes. Ready pie cool for. Bon Appetit!

Translated by site: chocolate-kiss.ru