BOYSENBERRY MERINGUE PIE

Boysenberry meringue pie image

Provided by J Noname

Time 2h

Number Of Ingredients 18

400 g sweet pastry, recipe/ingredients included below
200 g flour
1/4 tsp salt
125 g butter
50 g icing sugar
1 egg
pie ingredients below
400 g sweet pastry as per above ( not extra )
120 g sugar
50 ml water
25 g cornflour
30 g butter melted
2 egg yolks
3 egg whites
1/8 tsp salt
3/4 tsp lemon juice
150 g sugar
1 can(s) boysenberries

Steps:

1. SWEET PASTRY. Sieve flour n salt. Grate butter, rub in until crumb texture. make a well in centre. Beat sugar n egg till sugar disolves. Pour egg and icing sugar into well. Gently mix to firm dough. Wrap in cling wrap n rest 20 mins in fridge.
2. PIE CASING. Line 20 cm flan ring with pastry n bake blind.
3. FILLING. Open boysenberries, mash, boil with a little of water and 120 gm sugar. Mix cornflour with rest of water. Add to boysenberries, stir until thickened. Add n stir in melted butter, remove from heat. Whisk in yolks, pour in to pie casing in flan. leave to set.
4. MERINGUE. Whisk egg whites salt n lemon juice until soft peaks. Whisk in small amounts of sugar, ensure all dissolved Before adding more sugar each time. Pipe on to flan. Bake in preheated oven for a few mins 230c to set n colour peaks of meringue. Cool, dust with icing sugar.