Meringue Tarts
BISCUIT PASTRY
60g butter
50g caster sugar
1 egg
½ cup plain flour
¾ cup SR flour
2 tablespoons cornflour
Beat eggs and sugar to a cream, add egg and beat well. Sift flours and cornflour and add gradually to make a stiff paste. Knead, Roll or press out and prick. Moderate oven until golden brown (approx 15-20 minutes)
1. LEMON MERINGUE FILLING (Jeremy use 1.5x the below)
1+½ cups water
4-5 tablespoons cornflour
2 egg yolks (keep whites for meringue)
½ cup lemon juice
lemon rind, very fine (or remove after mixture cooked)
¾ cup sugar
1 tablespoon butter
Combine cornflour with the water. Add egg yolks, strained lemon juice, rind, sugar and butter. Stir over heat until thickens, cook for 2 minutes. Cool a little. Pour into tart shell.
2. PINEAPPLE MERINGUE FILLING
1 small pineapple grated
½ cup water
½ cup sugar
2 egg yolks (keep whites for meringue)
2 large tablespoons cornflour
1 tablespoon butter
Combine pineapple, water and sugar on heat and boil for 5 mins. Add 2 large tablespoons cornflour mixed with egg yolks and little water. Stir until thickens, cool a little. Pour into tart shell.
3. COCONUT MERINGUE FILLING
2 cups milk
small ½ cup sugar
2/3 cup coconut and pinch salt into saucepan and bring to near boil
Add combined 2 tablespoons cornflour, 2 egg yolks with a little water. Stir continuously until thick. Take off heat and add 1 tablespoon butter and vanilla. Cool a little.
MERINGUE (Jeremy, double this!)
2 egg whites and 1/3 cup sugar
Whisk egg whites until stiff, gradually add sugar until sugar dissolved. Add meringue to tart of choice and bake 170 until slightly golden (approx 10 minutes)