Gooseberry meringue pie
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 8
Ingredients
- 375g shortcrust pastry
- 50g golden caster sugar
- 400g gooseberries, topped and tailed
- 2 tbsp elderflower cordial
- 2 tbsp cornflour
- 3 yolks eggs
- 75g at room temperature butter
- 3 whites eggs
- 175g golden caster sugar
Method
- STEP 1
Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. line a 22cm pie dish or tart tin with the pastry and bake blind for about 20 minutes or until the pastry is crisp and lightly browned. Turn the oven down to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2.
- STEP 2
Put the caster sugar, gooseberries and 275ml water in a pan and bring to a simmer for 5 minutes until the gooseberries are just soft (you can add more sugar at this point). Stir in the cordial. Drain the liquid into a small pan and use 2 tbsp to make a paste with the cornflour, then return to the rest of the liquid, stirring to dissolve. Bring to a simmer and stir until it thickens. Beat in the yolks and butter and stir in the gooseberries. Pour into the tart case.
- STEP 3
Beat the egg whites until stiff then beat in the sugar in 2 batches. Pipe or spoon the meringue onto the pie and bake for 40 minutes or until lightly browned and crisp.
