When life gives you delicious lemons…

Plenty of lemons!

Lemon meringue pie was the first thing that came to mind when I saw how many lemons were ripening on our lemon tree. I have never seen a tree so full. 

Lemon meringue pie...delicious, fluffy, sweet meringue, with a tangy lemon filling, in a crisp sweet pastry crust. Yummy!

This was the first time that I have ever attempted to make lemon meringue pie, I just had to give it a go. 

I was doubtful about using our oven at first because the temperature markings on the oven dials have all rubbed off. (I don't know how the previous owner managed, maybe that was why they moved house lol). 

After about 15 minutes of fiddling with an oven thermometer and turning the dial this way and that, I managed to heat the oven to the correct temperature. 

Using a Kenwood food processor to make pastry

I decided to make the pastry using our Kenwood food processor, which we have had for many years and had never used before. Luckily, we hadn't lost the manual for it during our house move. 

On my first attempt, the pastry didn't form into a ball, per the instructions. Then I realised my mistake, I was using the sharp chopping blade instead of the blunt blade! Within a few seconds of correcting this mistake, the pastry worked and formed a ball.

Baked pastry case with lemon filling

I used Deliah Smith's sweet pastry recipe that she uses for her lemon tart. Then, for the lemon filling and meringue I used an old Good Housekeeping recipe that my sister uses all the time.

Baked lemon meringue pie

The pie behaved as it should in the oven, and it looked and smelt delicious. Then I had to wait and wait for it to cool down before I could serve it.

My mouth was watering. I resisted all attempts to "taste test" the meringue and pie crust. 

After 3 hours I couldn't wait any longer to serve the lemon meringue pie. The sides of the pie dish were cold. The bottom of the dish was only slightly tepid.

Lemon meringue pie ready to eat?

I should have waited longer...the filling wasn't quite set. But at least I managed to slice the pie and serve it and it did taste delicious 😋

The next thing on my to-do-list is to try making lemon curd!

Have you ever tried making lemon meringue pie and/or lemon curd?

See you again soon.

Hugs, Rose x