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Mini Lemon Meringue Tarts Recipe 

There are three parts to making these lemon meringue mini pies: the pastry, the lemon curd filling and the meringue.

HOW TO MAKE MINI LEMON MERINGUE PIES

It is possible to make these lemon mini tarts completely from scratch - making your own pastry, lemon curd and meringue... or you can cheat a little and use shop-bought pastry and lemon curd.

To make pastry, first you sieve flour into a bowl, then drop in small cubes of butter. Next, use your fingertips to lightly mix in the butter and flour until it is uniformly crumbly.

MAKING SHORTCRUST PASTRY

Most of the flavor for these mini lemon meringue tartlets comes from the lemon curd, so make sure you use the BEST lemon curd you can find.

LEMON CURD FILLING

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To make the meringue, first whip up the egg whites with an electric whisk (you can also use a stand mixer). Do this until you can turn the bowl upside down without them falling out.

MERINGUE TOPPING

Firstly, pre-heat your oven and lightly grease your muffin tin.

MAKING THE LEMON MERINGUE MINI TARTS

Next, roll out your pastry until fairly thin - probably around 2mm thick. Now cut out circles in the pastry using your cookie cutter.

Press each circle of pastry lightly into the muffin tin. Try to prevent any air pockets remaining underneath the pastry.

MAKING THE LEMON MERINGUE MINI TARTS

Now take a fork and prick the pastry a few times on each circle.

Next fill a piping bag with lemon curd and fill each pastry case with a spoonful of the lemon curd.

Then fill another piping bag with the meringue and pipe a little dollop of meringue on top of each tart.

Allow them to cool ... and then share with friends. 

Now put them in the oven and cook for just 5 minutes, or until the meringue topping is a beautiful golden brown.

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