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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

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

Finally use your hands to bring the pastry together into a ball of pastry that leaves the bowl clean (but it should not be sticky).

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

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

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

MAKING THE LEMON MERINGUE MINI TARTS

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

Now put them in the oven for 5 - 10 minutes until they are starting to brown.

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.

Now put them in the oven and cook for just 5 minutes, or until the meringue topping is a beautiful golden brown.Allow them to cool ... and then share with friends.

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