250 g butter (room temperature)
500 g plain flour
1 tbsp cold water
1 egg
Lemon Custard:
3 tbsp lemon juice
1 whole lemon rind
1 whole egg
3 egg yolks
3 tbsp corn starch
330 ml water
4 tbsp sugar
Meringue Topping:
3 egg white
3 tbsp egg
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
Method:
Pastry:
1. Mix the butter with the flour until it forms into breadcrumbs.
2. Add eggs and cold water then mix until it doesn't stick the bowl and forms a ball.
3. Chill in the fridge for half an hour.
4. After that take out and mould it.
Custard:
1. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.
2. Sift the mixture in to a pot and cook till it thickens.
3. Leave it to cool.
Meringue:
1. Beat the egg whites till its stiff.
2. Add a tbsp of sugar at a time.
3. Add cream of tartar and beat till its stiff.
Overall:
1. Bake the pastries at 180 for 20 min.
2. Take out the pastries, top with custard and meringue.
3. Bake for another 7 min.
4. and its done.
