How to make lemon meringue pie

IF you love lemon meringue pie, you’ll definitely love this easy to make version. It’s as easy as pie!

Ingredients

1 Tin condensed milk

3 Eggs

½ Cup lemon juice

½ Cup castor sugar

1  Biscuit crust (1 packet of biscuits crumbed and 125ml melted butter)

Method

1. Heat oven to 160 degrees
2. Separate egg whites and yolks into two different bowls
3. Whisk egg whites until stiff – (must be able to turn bowl upside down without it falling out!)
4. Add castor sugar slowly and continue whisking – set aside
5. Mix egg yolks and then add tin of condensed milk
6. Add half a cup of lemon juice to yolk mixture
7. Beat for about a minute – mixture will start setting
8. Add egg mixture to biscuit crust
9. Top with meringue and spread evenly on top
10. Bake at 160c for 25 minutes.
11. Cool pie on oven rack
12. Refrigerate pie and enjoy

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