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Tangy passionfruit and lemon meringue ice cream pie

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Put a twist on lemon meringue and turn it into an ice cream pie. No blowtorch? Transfer the pie to an oven tray before topping it with meringue, then put it under a hot grill for one-two minutes to colour.

In addition to the cooking times listed above, this recipe requires overnight freezing. 

Passionfruit and lemon meringue ice cream pie

Ingredients

SWISS MERINGUE

Method

1.

Put biscuits in a food processor. Process until coarse crumbs. Add butter and process until mixture is combined. Stir in coconut. Press mixture over base and sides of a 22cm round springform pan. Refrigerate and prepare filling.

2.

Put ice-cream in a large bowl and set aside for about 10 minutes to soften (don’t let ice-cream melt). Put sorbet in a separate bowl and set aside for about 5 minutes to soften (don’t let it melt).

3.

Add milk powder to ice-cream and stir to combine. Drop alternate spoonfuls of ice-cream, sorbet and lemon curd into prepared biscuit shell, level and press with back of a spoon to compact. Cover with plastic wrap; freeze overnight.

4.

For Swiss meringue, whisk egg whites and sugar in a heatproof bowl until well combined. Put bowl over a saucepan of simmering water, make sure bottom of bowl doesn’t touch water. Stir gently and continuously over heat for about 3-4 minutes or until mixture is hot. Transfer to bowl of a stand mixer, whisk on high for 8-10 minutes or until mixture has cooled. Spoon meringue into a large piping bag fitted with a fluted nozzle.

5.

Hold a warm cloth over clip of springform pan (to stop clip from breaking), then release pan and remove pie from tin. Transfer to a serving plate. Pipe meringue on top of cake in a decorative pattern. Toast meringue with a kitchen blowtorch until well-browned. Decorate with mint and cachous. Use a large hot, dry knife to slice into pieces.

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