Blueberry meringue pie

By vealam

Ingredients

• For 1 tart or 8 tartlets
• For pâte sablée, pastry, pie crust
• 140 g butter (5 oz)
• 80 g of sugar (3 oz)
• 1 egg
• 200 g of flour (7 oz)
• 50 g almond powder (1 3/4 oz)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean.
• For the almond cream
• 100 g butter, softened (3 1/2 oz)
• 100 g icing sugar (3 1/2 oz)
• 100 g of almond powder (3 1/2 oz)
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 2 eggs
• 250 g fresh or frozen blueberries.(1 cup)
• For the italian meringue
• 4 egg whites
• 440 g of sugar (1 lb)
• 16 cl of water (5,5 fl oz or 2/3 cup)

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from mylittlefabric.com

Preparation

Step 1

First prepare the pie crust. Blanch the butter with the sugar and whisk until creamy. Add egg and vanilla extract. Mix. Add the flour, almond powder and mix again. Form into a ball, flatten and cover with cling film. Place the ball in the refrigerator for 1 hour. It must be cold to be able to work. Preheat oven to 350° F (th.6). Roll the dough to 3mm thick and line a pie or tart molds 8. Prick pie crust with fork. Oven and bake 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.
Prepare the almond cream. Cut the butter into small pieces and mix with icing sugar and cornstarch. Beat until the mixture is homogeneous. Add eggs and mix. Add the almond powder and mix. Refrigerate.
Preheat oven to 350°F (th.6). When the pie crusts are cold, cover with almond cream and blueberries. (Attention to thaw frozen blueberries a few hours before and drain well). Bake 10 min.
Prepare the italian meringue. In a saucepan, boil water and sugar. Allow the temperature to rise to 244°F. While the sugar boil, beat egg whites until stiff. When the sugar is ready, pour into small fillets on white while continuing to beat. Increase the speed and whisk until completely cooled (about 10 min). The meringue is ready when it is cold, stiff and shiny. Put the meringue into a pastry bag fitted with a star tip. Remove the meringue over pie. Spend a few seconds under the broiler/grill (SECONDS attention :))

Bon appétit!!