Easiest Way to Prepare Yummy Miniature Lemon Meringue Tarts

Miniature Lemon Meringue Tarts.

You can cook Miniature Lemon Meringue Tarts using 4 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Miniature Lemon Meringue Tarts

1. You need of Sweet shortcrust pastry (see my apple custard tart recipe).
2. You need of Lemon curd (see my recipe).
3. Prepare 1 of egg white.
4. You need 2 tbsp of caster sugar.

Miniature Lemon Meringue Tarts instructions

1. Roll the pastry out and cut out rounds with a cookie cutter, line little patty pans with the pastry. Chill in the fridge for 15 minutes..
2. Beat the egg white until frothy, then add the sugar and continue to whisk until thick and shiny. Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4..
3. Fill the pastry cases with spoonfuls of lemon curd, not too much otherwise it will bubble over and scorch while cooking. Spoon some of the meringue on to the top..
4. Bake for about 20 minutes until the meringue is golden and the pastry is cooked. The meringue drops as the tarts cool, so eat warm..