Apple Meringue Pie
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Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 10
 
A traditional Swedish dessert
Ingredients
  • FOR THE CRUST:
  • 75g butter
  • 3tbsp granulated sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 95g flour
  • 30g chopped roasted almonds
  • 1tbsp grated lemon peel
  • 1tbsp lemon juice
  • FOR THE FILLING:
  • 5 medium apples, peeled, cored and cut into eighths
  • 65g granulated sugar
  • 1.5tbsp lemon juice
  • 160g strawberry jam
  • FOR THE MERINGUE:
  • 2 egg whites
  • A few grains of salt
  • 4tbsp granulated sugar
Instructions
  1. FOR THE CRUST:
  2. Preheat the oven to 175ºC.
  3. Cream the butter with 3 tablespoons of granulated sugar.
  4. Add the egg yolks and mix well.
  5. Add the flour, almonds, lemon peel and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and blend well.
  6. Press the dough onto the bottom and sides of a pie pan.
  7. Brush the crust with a little unbeaten egg white.
  8. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes or until the crust turns golden brown.
  9. Remove from the oven.
  10. While the crust is baking, prepare the filling as follows:
  11. Combine the apple eighths with the granulated sugar and remaining lemon juice in a saucepan.
  12. Cover and cook over medium heat until the apples are tender, about 10-15 minutes.
  13. Spread the strawberry jam evenly over the baked crust.
  14. Arrange the cooked apples over the top of the strawberry jam.
  15. FOR THE MERINGUE:
  16. Beat the egg whites with the salt until stiff but not dry.
  17. Add the sugar, one tablespoon at a time, beating continuously.
  18. Mound the meringue over the apples and return to the oven.
  19. Bake for about 18 minutes, or until the meringue is just lightly browned.
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