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You will have to try this yourself to believe it, this is an absolute must as it’s a Mile High Lemon Meringue, with lots of that excellent lemony taste.
Mile High Lemon Meringue Recipe
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 10 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Easy
- Cuisine: South African
Ingredients
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- 2 Cans of Condensed milk
- 1 1/2 packets of Tennis Biscuits
- 4 egg yolks
- 4 egg whites
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- Lemon zest of one lemon
- 1 tsp lemon essence
- 2 spoons castor sugar
- 1/2 cup melted Stork margarine
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C / 350F.
- Spray cooking spray on the inside of the baking dish or cake tin.
- Crush biscuits add melted butter and mix together, throw into the baking container, spread onto the base and up the sides using the back of a spoon, and put in the freezer for about 10 mins.
- Beat condensed milk, lemon juice, lemon zest, lemon essence, and egg yolks together until combined.
- Pour over filling into the crust, and bake for about 20 mins.
- Take out and wait for meringue.
- Beat egg whites until it’s foamy, add castor sugar spoonful at a time and beat till it forms a stiff meringue.
- Dish the meringue over the filling using a fork to form beautiful peaks and bake for 5 mins or until the meringue is nicely brown on top.
Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested by Denzy from The Recipe Hunter: Tried and Tested Recipes from Home Chefs
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 625
- Sugar: 64.4 g
- Sodium: 974.1 mg
- Fat: 23.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 91.1 g
- Fiber: 1.1 g
- Protein: 15.3 g
- Cholesterol: 110.1 mg
Keywords: Lemon Meringue
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Wow, this looks delicious. I am a huge lemon meringue pie lover! Pinning. Visiting from Tell it To Me Tuesday.
Hi Jennifer. Thank you so much for dropping in here and your lovely comment. Hope you give this Mile High Lemon Meringue a try
This is one of my favorite desserts. My grandmother made the most delicious lemon meringue pie in the world (2nd to yours I’m sure)!
Dear Donna, You’re so kind, I am sure that your grandmothers lemon meringue is awesome.You should try this one to compare and let me know. Enjoy it.
This lemon meringue looks so pretty — I bet it tastes delicious! Pinned — Thank you for sharing this post in the Talent-Sharing Tuesdays Link-Up 63.
Carol
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Thanks Carol. Hope you do get an opportunity to try it out and thanks for the pin as well.
I love lemon meringue, yours looks so tasty 🙂
Hi Justine, Thank you so much, hope you will enjoy it