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Deconstructed Lemon Meringue Pie

Ingredients

  • 2 Quinoa and Ginger Anzac Biscuits per person recipe here
  • 1 – 2 tsp per 2 biscuits Macadamia Oil or coconut oil
  • Lemon Curd recipe to follow
  • Marshmallow Meringue recipe here
  • Zest of 1 lime optional
  • Holy Basil Blossoms optional but pretty
  • Baby mint tips optional

Lemon Curd

  • 3 eggs
  • 2 Medium Lemons zested and juiced
  • 1/2 cup Caster Sugar
  • 100 g Butter cubed

Instructions

  • For the Dessert:
  • Place the Anzac Biscuits into a food processor and blitz into a fine crumb.
  • Add the Macadamia oil and pulse to combine. The mix should be a moist slightly clumping crumble. Set aside.
  • Place the meringue into a piping bag, ready for serving.
  • Put the lemon curd into a piping bag ready to serve.
  • Spoon a generous amount of the crumb onto a plate, bowl, jar, glass, teacup.
  • Pipe some of the lemon curd onto.
  • Pipe a good amount of the marshmallow meringue on top of the lemon curd.
  • Scorch the surface of the meringue with a kitchen blow torch.
  • Decorate with lime zest, blossoms and mint.
  • Serve and eat and enjoy…….

For Lemon Curd:

  • In a sauce pan over medium low heat add the juice and zest of the lemon and butter. Heat until the butter has melted.
  • Meanwhile, in a bowl whisk the eggs and the sugar until fully incorporated.
  • Once the butter has melted add the egg mix.
  • Turn the heat up to medium, and stir constantly until the mix has thickened about 8 minutes.
  • Don’t heat above boil or 86C or the eggs will scramble.
  • Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature, then transfer to a bowl or jar and keep in the refrigerator for 1 month.

Notes

  • Left over lemon curd is delicious served on coconut bread, it is also a great addition to the middle of any sponge cake, vanilla butter cake, scones, macarons, or sweet muffins or cup cakes.
  • Don’t have lemons but have limes, passion fruits, oranges, try using them or a combination of them instead.
  • If you don’t have time to make the lemon curd, buy a good quality one from supermarkets or farmer markets.
  • Don’t have time to make the meringue, top with some chantilly cream, whipped cream and icing sugar and a touch of vanilla, it will still be stunning and delicious.
  • Holy basil blossom have a liquorice basil flavour, perfect for desserts.
  • Unfortunately almost the only way to get holy basil blossoms are to grow (or make friends with someone who grows) it, but what a great excuse to add to that herb garden/plant pot.