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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Australasian >> Australian >> New Zealander

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. sift flour, salt and icing sugar into basin; chop butter roughly, add to dry ingredients, rub in until mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. | 2. add lemon juice and enough water to mix to firm dough. refridgerate 30 minutes. | 3. roll pastry on lightly floured surface to fit a 23cm (9inch) pie plate. use rolling pin to lift pastry on to pie plate. | 4. trim and decorate edges. | 5. prick base and sides of pastry with fork, bake in moderately hot oven 10-15 minutes or until lightly browned. allow to cool. | 6. combine sifted flours, lemon rind, lemon juice and sugar in saucepan. add water, belnd until smooth, stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens; this is important the mixture must boil. | 7. reduce heat, stir in butter and lightly beaten egg yolks, stir until butter has melted; cool. | 8. spread lemon filling evenly into pastry case. | 9. combine egg whites, water and salt in a small bowl of electric mixer, beat on high speed until soft peaks form, gradually add sugar, beat well until sugar has disolved. | 10. spoon on top of lemon filling, spreading meringue to edges of pie to seal; peak meringue decoratively with knife. | 11. bake in moderate oven 5-10 minutes or until lightly browned. | 12. cool, then refridgerate. | 13. book recomends to use a knife dipped in warm water to cut the pie, this ensures the merinuge cuts cleanly. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
plain flour	2	cups		-	-	-	-
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
icing sugar	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
butter	185			15817.5	726.7725	494.2275	1332.0
lemon juice	1	tablespoon		40.26	12.627	0.6405	0.4392
water	1 -2	tablespoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
plain flour	4	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
cornflour	4	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
lemon	2	teaspoons	grated rind	2.5617	0.8233	0.0972	0.0265
lemon juice	3/4	cup		40.26	12.627	0.6405	0.4392
sugar	1	cup		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0
water	1 1/4	1/4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
butter	90			15817.5	726.7725	494.2275	1332.0
egg yolk	4			218.96	2.4412	10.7848	18.0472
egg white	4			68.64	0.9636	14.388	0.2244
water	2	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
caster sugar	3/4	cup		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.