Toot toooooot. All abord the love boat to Yum Island. First stop CitrusCurd Town. Second stop Raspberry Ville. Third stop Meringue Land. Last stop Yum Island.
Who doesn't like Lemon Meringue? Thats right, surely nobody, and if you don't you are loco.
This recipe is a pastry-less Lemon Meringue, I have nothing againest pasty, but I just couldn't be bothered making it on this particular day.
Lemon curd was a little bit scary to make, but I think I have the hang of it now. Just don't be too scared, and make sure you give it a good amount of heat.
This recipe made two rather large love boats that could easily be shared amongst four people. So I would say 4 small love boats (or brulee pots that are pretending to be love boats).
Lemon Curd
120g Sugar
Juice and zest of 2 medium sized lemons
4 egg yolks
60g butter
Meringue
4 egg whites
165g caster sugar
1/2C Raspberries (this is for your middle layer)
To make the lemon curd, put the sugar, lemon juice, zest and egg yolks in a bowl. Whisk until combined. Set this over a saucepan of simmering water and continue whisking. As your mixture starts to thicken add the butter and continue to whisk (are you sick of me saying whisk yet?), this can take a while to thicken but make sure it is at a good meduim heat on your stove top. Do not allow it to get too hot though, or the eggs will scramble. Once it has thickened pour it into a bowl cover with glad wrap and put it in the fridge to cool.
Turn your oven up to 180 degrees C on Bake.
To make the meringue, put the egg whites into a mixer and whisk (here it is again) on a high setting until it thickens. Add the sugar gradually and keep whisking on a med-high setting until the egg whites form still peaks. This will take about 15min.
Once the lemon curd has cooled, spoon this into your ramekins or boats as I like to call them. Sprinkle then with a few raspberries and then use a dessert spoon to spoon little quiffs (like a hipsters quiff, with a little curly top) on top of the curd and raspberry with your pretty meringue covering all the top. Put it in the oven for about 10min or until your meringue stiffens a little. Leave to cool, and tar dar! You have arrived at yum town, abord the Santa Delicious Love Boat.
