Pear and lime meringue pie

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Pear and lime meringue pie
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For 1 tart, you will need:

Times:

PreparationCookingStart to finish
2 hours 13 min.23 min.2 hours 36 min.

Step by step recipe

1Make lime crème pâtissière (confectioner's custard) as for 300 g Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream), but with these special proportions: 30 g caster sugar and 30 g cornflour, and infuse milk with finely chopped zest of 1 lime before boiling.

Then, when cream is cooked, beat into it juice of 1 lime, and if desired 3 drops food colouring (green).

Leave to cool covered to prevent skin forming, or whip during cooling from time to time.

Set aside your lime crème pâtissière.
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2Bake blind the sweetcrust pastry.

Set aside.
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3Peel 5 Pears, cut in four, discard core and sprinkle with juice of 1 lemon .Pear and lime meringue pie : etape 25
4Melt 30 g Clarified butter in a frying pan, then tip in pear quarters (and lemon juice).Pear and lime meringue pie : etape 25
5On high heat, cook until they begin to brown.

Note: Clarified butter is preferable, to avoid the little black bits visible in this photograph, due to overheating ordinary butter.

Set pears aside.
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6Prepare 200 g Italian Meringue.Pear and lime meringue pie : etape 25
7Lighten the cream by folding 2 large spoonfuls of meringue into cold lime crème pâtissière,.Pear and lime meringue pie : etape 25
8Continue gently, by tilting the pan, until you have a light cream.Pear and lime meringue pie : etape 25
9Put a layer of this cream in the cooked pastry case.Pear and lime meringue pie : etape 25
10Arrange pears quarters on cream.Pear and lime meringue pie : etape 25
11Spread the rest of Italian meringue on top of the tart.

You can use a forcing bag as in the photograph, or a spatula and then draw patterns with a fork on the surface.
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12For best results, meringue should cover the whole surface of the tart.Pear and lime meringue pie : etape 25
13To finish, brown the meringue gently with a blow lamp, or by putting under the grill for just a few seconds.Pear and lime meringue pie : etape 25
14It's ready, refrigerate until serving.Pear and lime meringue pie : etape 25

Remarks

If you want to simplify the recipe, use French meringue (with caster sugar, not cooked) instead of Italian.
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