Lemon Meringue Alaska
VelvetButter
Recipe Information
8
serves:
1 hr
prep time:
N/A
cook time:
medium
difficulty:
Ingredients:
For the shortbread biscuit base:
- 100 g castor sugar
- 200 g First Choice Butter
- 250 g cake flour
- 50 g cornflour
For the lemon cream moulds:
- 500 ml First Choice Vanilla Velvet, chilled
- 2 lemons, zested & juiced
- few drops yellow food colouring
For the Italian meringue:
- 240 g castor sugar
- 150 ml water
- 3 egg whites
Preparation method:
For the shortbread biscuit base:
- Preheat the oven to 160°C and line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Cream the castor sugar and the First Choice Butter together till light and fluffy.
- Sieve together the flour and cornflour and add a little at a time to the creamed butter mixture. Mix well to make the dough.
- Place dough in the fridge for 30 minutes to rest.
- Roll dough out between 2 sheets of baking paper to about 3mm thick and use a 7cm round cookie cutter to cut out rounds of dough. Place on the prepared baking tray and place in the fridge for 30 minutes before baking.
- Bake for about 12 minutes until golden brown, cool and store in an airtight container.
For the lemon cream moulds:
- Whip the chilled First Choice Vanilla Velvet until thick and frothy.
- Fold in the lemon juice, zest and the food colouring.
- Spoon into 8 silicon round dome moulds (diameter of base 7cm) and place in the freezer to set overnight.
For the Italian meringue:
- Dissolve the sugar in the water in a saucepan and bring the sugar syrup to the boil. Do not let it boil before all the sugar has dissolved.
- Use a sugar thermometer and boil the syrup to 118°C – when the temperature reaches 112 °C start beating the egg whites so long.
- Slowly add the syrup to the beaten egg whites while you continue to beat at high speed. The whole process should take about 3 minutes and then you can continue beating the hot meringue until it cools slightly.
- Spoon the meringue into a piping bag.
- Place the ice cream domes on the biscuits onto serving plates.
- Cover completely with the Italian meringue (use a piping bag).
- Use a blowtorch to scorch the meringue and serve immediately.