Enjoy today’s IPL match with this easy dessert recipe

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Ingredients

Pie crust

180g flour
Salt
2tbsp sugar
100g butter (frozen cubes)
3-4tbsp ice water

Meringue

4 egg whites
1/2tsp vinegar
200g sugar

Sweet lime mix

160ml sweet lime juice
Lime zest
200g sugar
250ml water
60g corn flour
4 egg yolks
2tbsp butter

Method

Sweet lime mix

*Add powdered sugar, sweet lime and water.
*Put some salt and cornflour.
*Whisk and simmer until the mixture thickens up. Temper the egg yolks.
*Add the tempered egg yolks to the remaining sweet lime mixture. Add butter and whisk.
*Cover with a cling film and let it cool down.

Meringue

*Add egg whites and vinegar. Blend with sugar until you get a cream-like consistency.

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Pie crust

*Prepare the dough by mixing all the dry ingredients. Then cut the butter into the dry ingredients. Whisk. Add water and form a dough ball. *Wrap the dough disk tightly in a plastic wrap and refrigerate it for at least one hour, or up to three days. Then it will be ready for use. You can also use ready-made crusts.
*Refrigerate the pie crusts for 30 minutes.
*Add some kidney beans (rajma) in it. Bake for 15 minutes at 230 degree Celsius.
*Remove the weights. Apply eggwash.
*Bake for another 15 minutes until golden brown.
*Pour the sweet lime mix. Refrigerate overnight.
*Apply dollops of butter. Torch with meringue.

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