This lemon meringue pie is a delicious dessert. Ideal for those with a sweet tooth, it is very easy to make and is ready in just half an hour. Enjoy!
- ⏲️ Prep time: 10 min
- 🍳 Cook time: 20 min
- 🍽️ Servings: 20
Ingredients
- 200g of buttered cookies (shortcake)
- 80g of margarine
- 1 can of condensed milk (370g)
- 3 / 4 lemons ( 1 dl of juice + the outer scrapings )
- 5 eggs
- 150g of sugar
Directions
- Pre-heat the oven to 220ºC.
- Separate the yolk from the egg whites and mix the yolks with the condensed milk into whipped cream.
- Meanwhile mash the cookies into a powder and mix it with the margarine while covering the bottom and sides of a pie dish.
- Take the outer scrapings of a lemon with a gratter and squeeze the juice of all the lemons.
- Mix the scrappings and the juice with the yolk and add to the pie dish.
- Take it to the oven.
- Meanwhile mix the egg whites until they start to foam, add the sugar then and keep mixing them until the meringe starts to be firm.
- After 10 to 15 minutes in the oven, cover the surface of the pie with small dumpings of meringe with a spoon.
- Reduce the heat of the oven to 160ºC and put the pie back into the oven until the meringe on top becomes golden brown.