Food & Drink: Flour power is gluten-free
Oast To Host, the gluten and wheat free bakery, is celebrating the launch of its new gluten free flour range – Cake Flour and Pastry Flour.
Everyone’s firm favourite lemony dish, an ultimate classic, here’s the bakery’s spin on the classic Lemon Meringue Pie but of course it’s gluten free.
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Ingredients
1 x deep 9” blind baked, sweet pastry case (Using Oast to Host Pastry Flour)
Juice of 4 Lemons (rind of 2)
5 eggs
170g Caster Sugar
225g double cream
Meringue: 2 egg whites and 50g caster sugar
Method
For filling:
1. Place lemon juice, eggs, sugar, double cream in a bowl and place
Either:
Over a pan of hot water or bain-marie. Stir until mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon.
OR
In a microwave (900w) at 70% temperature for 5 minutes.
Remove from microwave and whisk or use hand blender to
combine thoroughly. Return to microwave for no more than bursts of 2 minutes at a time until the mixture thickens – if necessary whisk till smooth.
2. Add lemon rind when custard is thick. Pour into 9” case and bake at 120deg C for 20 minutes or until mixture seems set. (When you gently shake the tart it’s set when it has a firm wobble)
For meringue:
1. Separate eggs and whisk whites to a firm foam.
2. Fold in sugar and spread over the filling
3. Place in oven 160deg C for 20 -25 minutes. Serve hot or cold.
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