This is honestly one of the easiest desserts you could ever make, I don’t know why I don’t make it more often. Such simple ingredients too, egg whites, sugar, cream and raspberries. It is so light, perfect for having at the end of a meal and it looks the part too. You could use strawberries or a mixture of both if you like. I used raspberries this time as I was making it for my Mum who is allergic to strawberries! Continue reading
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Perfect, imperfect Lemon Meringue Pie
What is your ‘death row’ dessert – this is mine, absolutely hands down. I just adore it’s melt in the mouth full on sweet, lemony deliciousness. The pastry in this recipe is part of the secret as it is really, really light and is the perfect host or backdrop for the lemon filling and the soft, sweet, crispy meringue topping.
Pastry is not one of my strong points – something always seems to go wrong and this was no different.
The pastry base bubbled up from the base of the tin when it was baking in the oven (not lined with enough baking beans to weigh it down) then it shrank and a little part of one side fell in completely. Then to top it off some of the filling leaked out of a little crack in the pastry when it was baking in the oven. Disaster!
Guess what ?? It tasted divine and all of the ‘disasters’ made no difference at all!
Sometimes things don’t go to plan however sometimes that’s ok
So go get yourself some lemons and some eggs and give this a shot to see if it is a contender for your favourite dessert.