What to do with your lemons...here's an idea!

Lemon meringue pie is one of my favourite tea time treats, I thoroughly enjoy it when the middle has the perfect balance of sweet and sour, as too sweet can be a bit off putting. I made a lemon meringue for the teachers at the school I'm interning at and they really enjoyed it... so I will share it with you too.

Here is the recipe:

Lemon Meringue pie

Ingredients:

• 1 packet of marie biscuits/coconut biscuits, crushed
• 30ml butter, melted
• 5ml/ 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tin condensed milk
• Juice of 2 large lemons
• 3 eggs, separated
• 30ml sugar

Ingredients

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees centigrade
2. In a food processor or by hand, crush the biscuits, then add the melted butter and cinnamon and press into a pie dish.
3. Bake for 10 -15 minutes until golden
4. In a bowl mix together the condensed milk, lemon juice and egg yolks. 
5. Once well combined and thick, pour into the prepared crust.
6. Bake for another 15- 20 minutes until the middle has set slightly and is clean to the touch.
7. In a clean bowl whisk the egg whites until soft peak, add the sugar and whisk until the mixture is smooth, glossy and can form stiff peaks.
8. Pour  egg white mixture onto the prepared pie and cover the entire surface, forming peaks as you go around.
9. Bake until meringue topping is golden and delicious!

Ready to cut! :)