Apricot pie with shortcrust pastry meringue

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 5 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to prepare a fragrant pie with fresh apricots and protein cream from whipped egg whites and sugar, which without any doubt will appeal to many for its great taste? First of all, we prepare the necessary ingredients for making an airy and juicy apricot pie with meringue.

2. STEP 2

   

   To prepare the dough, take a large bowl and place in it three hundred grams of premium wheat flour, pre-sifted through a fine sieve, then pour into the bowl with flour less than one quarter teaspoon of salt, one teaspoon of baking powder, one teaspoon of vanilla sugar and four tablespoons of sugar. .

3. STEP 3

   

   Mix all dry ingredients together well in a bowl.

4. STEP 4

   

   Place one hundred and fifty grams of softened butter in a bowl with flour and mix the butter with flour with a fork until fairly fine crumbs.

5. STEP 5

   

   Place two full tablespoons of sour cream in a common bowl, then two egg yolks and mix all the ingredients well together in the bowl.

6. STEP 6

   

   Continue to combine all the ingredients in the bowl with your hands until the shortcrust pastry is the desired consistency.

7. STEP 7

   

   Place the prepared dough in a suitable form and distribute it in an even layer, then form the sides.

8. STEP 8

   

   Prick the dough into the pan with a fork and sprinkle it with an even layer of cornstarch, preferably.

9. STEP 9

   

   Place about five hundred and seventy grams of fresh apricots into the mold in an even layer, first remove the pits and cut them in half, then place the mold in an oven preheated to two hundred degrees.

10. STEP 10

    

    To prepare the protein cream, place two egg whites in a deep bowl and pour four tablespoons of sugar into it.

11. STEP 11

    

    Beat all ingredients in a bowl with a mixer until you obtain a fluffy and homogeneous protein cream.

12. STEP 12

    

    After twenty minutes of baking, remove the pan from the oven and spread the prepared protein cream on top of the apricots in an even layer, then put the pan back in the oven for ten to fifteen minutes.

13. STEP 13

    

    After time has passed, remove the pan from the oven and place the prepared shortbread cake with apricots and meringue on a plate.

14. STEP 14

    

    Cut the juicy apricot pie with meringue into portions and place them on plates, then serve.

15. STEP 15

    

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Comments on the recipe

Inna

10.12.2023

4.6

Very tasty! I used less butter and sour cream (to reduce fat content) and replaced half of the flour with whole grain flour - to make it even healthier)