have a taste of some nice apple yogurt meringue pie
ingredients
3 egg separated
70 g melted butter
1 tsp vanilla
30 g powdered sugar
pinch of salt
1 tsp baking powder
200 g flour
2 apples peeled and chopped
1 tsp corn starch
30- 40 g sugar
juice of one half lemon or lime
350 g (turkish) yoghurt 10% fat
20 g corn starch
1 tsp vanilla
120 g sugar
making the dough
separate the eggs. set the whites aside. beat the yolks with the powdered sugar. add melted butter, 1 tsp vanilla, salt, baking powder and flour.
mix by hand to a stiff dough. form into a roll. cut into two sections. 1/3 + 2/3 and put in the fridge
now for the apples
peel and chop the apples. mix in 30 g sugar, 5 g corn starch and lemon juice. cook for a few minutes over medium low heat.
set aside.
and the yoghurt meringue
stir the corn starch and vanilla in the yoghurt.
beat the egg whites. as they stiffen add the sugar a little at a time. beat until very stiff. using a broad spatula, gently fold this into the yoghurt mixture
assembly and baking
preheat the oven to 210 C /425 T
using the larger section of the cold dough, press by hand to form the bottom crust
spread the apples on the crust
bake for 10 minutes. remove from oven. reset the temperature to 180 C / 350 F
gently cover with the yoghurt meringue and spread evenly
grate the remaining (cold) crust evenly over the top.
bake for 30 to 35 minutes. it is finished when the meringue just starts to turn brown
serving
let it cool about 30 minutes, garnish and enjoy
