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Lemon meringue crunch

Surprisingly quick but no less impressive with a crunchy biscuit base and light, zingy filling

  • Serves8
  • 40 mins
  • 190°C/fan 170°C/gas mark 5

Emily's option

Use your favourite gluten-free biscuit. Personally, I like to use digestives but a ginger biscuit would work nicely here also.

Ingredients

  • 50g butter
  • 150g gluten-free digestive biscuits, crushed
  • 397g can of sweetened condensed milk
  • 2 large eggs, separated
  • zest and juice of 2 lemons
  • 100g caster sugar

Method

1 Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan 170°C/gas mark 5.

2 Melt the butter and stir in the crushed biscuits. Press the mixture into the base and sides of an approx 20cm (8-inch) round, fluted flan dish. Place this in the fridge for 10 minutes to let it set while you make the filling.

3 Beat together the condensed milk, egg yolks, lemon zest and juice. Pour this over your chilled biscuit base.

4 In a new bowl, whisk the egg whites until soft peaks form, then gradually whisk in the caster sugar until the mixture is stiff.

5 Pile this meringue on top of the lemon filling and bake for 15-20 minutes until the meringue is golden and crisp. Enjoy!