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Passionfruit Meringue Pie
Passionfruit Meringue Pie
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Passionfruit Meringue Pie

1 hours
1 hours
Moderate
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  • Ingredients
  • Method

Ingredients

PASTRY

  • 125g Butter
  • ⅓ Cup Chelsea Caster Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 ¼ Cups Plain Flour
  • ½ Cup Cornflour
  • ¼ Teaspoon Baking Powder

FILLING

  • ⅔ Cup Chelsea Caster Sugar
  • 3 Tablespoons Cornflour
  • 3 Egg Yolks
  • 12 Passionfruit (1 cup) pulp
  • 1 Cup Water
  • 60g Butter

MERINGUE

  • 3 Egg Whites
  • Pinch Salt
  • ⅔ Cup Chelsea Caster Sugar

Additional tips

The meringue will shrink into the centre of the pie if it is not adhered to the pastry edge before baking.

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Caster Sugar

Caster Sugar

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Method

Place butter and Chelsea Caster Sugar in a bowl and beat until cream, approx. 5 mins. Add egg and beat well.
Using a plastic spatula, work in sifted dry ingredients then knead to form a soft dough. Cover and refrigerate for 20 mins.
Roll pastry out between two sheets of plastic freezer wrap and line the greased base and side of a fluted, loose bottomed 25cm flan tin. Refrigerate for 30 mins.
Place chilled pastry case on a baking tray, line centre with baking paper and fill with pastry weights. Bake 'blind' at 220°C for 10 mins.
Remove pastry weights and paper from the centre of pastry, reduce temp to 200°C and bake for a further 10 mins. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
Place Chelsea Caster Sugar, cornflour and egg yolks in a heavy based saucepan and stir with a wooden spoon until well blended.
Add passionfruit pulp, water and butter and stir over a medium heat until mixture boils and thickens. Pour into cold pastry case.
Place egg whites and salt into a bowl and beat until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in Chelsea Caster Sugar, beat for 5 mins then, working from pastry edge, pile on top of passionfruit filling.
Bake 160°C for one hour. Serve cold.
9 : Bake 160oC for one hour. Serve cold.
Additional tips

The meringue will shrink into the centre of the pie if it is not adhered to the pastry edge before baking.

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