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• Ingredients
• Steps
• Tips

If you like homemade desserts you should try making your own lemon meringue cake ... you just need to make the lemon portion.

Ingredients

• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 glasses of water
• 3 eggs, divided
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• 6 tablespoons of sugar
• Baked Pie Base

Steps

1. 1 Combine sugar, cornstarch and salt. Add a little water, stir until smooth and add the rest of the water. Simmer over moderate heat, stirring constantly with a whisk or wooden spoon, until the mixture boils.
2. 2 Reduce heat and continue simmering for about 1 minute, stirring constantly.
3. 3 Whisk the yolks. Add a small amount of the hot mixture to the yolks. Mix the mixture well and pour into a saucepan to the rest of the mass.
4. 4 Cook over low heat until thickened, about 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add butter. Mix everything well, then refrigerate.
5. 5 Add lemon zest and juice and stir well. Cover and cool to room temperature.
6. 6 Preheat oven to 325 ° C.
7. 7 Make a meringue: Whisk 3 egg whites with a pinch of salt until foamy. Continue whisking and add 6 tablespoons of sugar, one at a time. The meringue is done when the mixture on the tops is stiff.
8. 8 Place the lemon cream in the cake base. Spread the meringue with a spoon over the entire surface of the base.
9. 9 Leave it on for 15 minutes.
10. 10 Refrigerate before serving.

Tips

• Use cane sugar for the best taste.