Apple pie with meringue

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake a wonderful apple pie with meringue? Following the recipe is not that difficult. To begin, prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. Start cooking with the dough. Take the highest grade flour. The butter should be at room temperature, so remove it from the refrigerator in advance.

2. STEP 2

   

   Mash the yolks thoroughly with sugar and salt.

3. STEP 3

   

   Add soft butter and mix everything again.

4. STEP 4

   

   Gradually add sifted flour and quickly knead into a soft, pliable dough.

5. STEP 5

   

   The shortbread dough is not kneaded for a long time; as soon as it begins to form a lump and move away from the bowl, it is ready.

6. STEP 6

   

   Spread the dough over the bottom and sides of the baking dish (Ø 18-20 cm). Form high sides. Prick the bottom with a fork to prevent it from puffing up during baking. If the dough is difficult to work with, you can first put it in the freezer for 10 minutes.

7. STEP 7

   

   Place the form with the dough in the refrigerator for 30-40 minutes. Then place in an oven preheated to 180°C for 15-20 minutes.

8. STEP 8

   

   Now prepare everything for the filling. Take apples that are juicy, sweet and sour. Depending on the sweetness of the apples, adjust the amount of sugar so that the filling does not turn out too cloying. The sweeter the apples, the less sugar.

9. STEP 9

   

   Peel the apples and remove seeds. Cut into small pieces. I have seasonal sweet and sour apples with green skin.

10. STEP 10

    

    Place the apples in a saucepan, add butter, lemon juice, sugar and cinnamon.

11. STEP 11

    

    Place the saucepan over low heat. Stirring, simmer covered for 5-15 minutes until the apples are soft. At the same time, the fruit should retain its shape.

12. STEP 12

    

    Place the apples in the pan with the baked dough and smooth it out. It is better to leave the apple syrup in the saucepan so that the cake does not soften.

13. STEP 13

    

    Now prepare the meringue. You can use store-bought powdered sugar or grind it yourself from sugar in a coffee grinder. When you separate the eggs into whites and yolks, make sure not a drop of yolk gets into the whites. Otherwise, the mass will not rise into foam.

14. STEP 14

    

    Beat the chilled egg whites with salt into a light foam. Gradually adding powdered sugar, beat until strong, stable foam. At the end of whipping, add lemon juice and starch.

15. STEP 15

    

    Continue beating until the egg white mixture becomes so dense that it will not fall out when you turn the bowl over.

16. STEP 16

    

    Place the whipped whites on top of the apple filling. Return the pie to the oven and dry the meringue for about 30-40 minutes at 140°C. The exact time depends on your oven. The whites should be covered with a fragile golden crust and remain soft inside.

17. STEP 17

    

    Remove the finished pie with meringue and apples from the oven, cool slightly and serve. If you wish, you can cover the hot pie with a lid (without touching the meringue layer) and let it stand in the cold for 2 hours. Then caramel tears, characteristic of the “Tears of Angels” cake, will appear on the surface of the meringue. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Nata

11.11.2023

4.6

So tasty!!!! Also try the lemon meringue tart.

BLUE-EYED

11.11.2023

4.9

True, tasty and simple! How delicious!

Lana

11.11.2023

4.7

Thanks for the recipe! The pie turned out incredible!! I reduced the proportions a little, I was afraid that it wouldn’t fit into the existing mold and added raisins to the apples. Grease the glass mold with butter. But I didn’t add starch to the meringue and used regular sugar and it turned out incredibly tender! The 2 hours wasted was worth it🤗

Lana

11.11.2023

4.8

Thank you very much for the recipe! Now this is definitely our favorite🤤