Vegan lemon meringue pie
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- plus 2 hrs 30 mins chilling
- More effort
- Serves 6-8
Ingredients
- 200g speculoos biscuits
- 200g digestive biscuits
- 150g dairy-free butter, melted
- 50g coconut oil, melted
For the filling
- 3 lemons, zested, plus 200ml juice
- 150g caster sugar
- turmeric
- 70g cornflour
- 60ml soya cream
- 40g dairy-free butter
For the meringue
- 250ml aquafaba (the liquid from a can of chickpeas)
- 1tsp xanthan gum
- 150g caster sugar
- 1tsp cream of tartar
- 1tsp white wine vinegar
Method
- STEP 1
Line the base and sides of a deep 20cm springform cake tin with baking parchment. Put the biscuits, butter and coconut oil in a food processor and blitz until the mix resembles fine breadcrumbs. Tip into the tin and press into the base and up the sides. Chill for 1 hrs.
- STEP 2
To make the filling, heat the lemon zest and juice, 100ml water and the sugar in a pan set over a low heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Stir in the turmeric and a pinch of salt. When the sugar has dissolved, remove the pan from the heat and spoon a little of the mix into a small bowl. Combine with the cornflour to make a paste, then tip into the pan, whisking continuously. Return the pan to the heat and bring to the boil, whisking. Cook for 1 min until thick and glossy.
- STEP 3
Remove the pan from the heat and whisk in the cream and butter. Pour the mixture over the base, and return to the fridge. Chill until set, at least 1 hour.
- STEP 4
Heat the oven to 140C/120C fan/ gas 1. Put all the ingredients for the meringue in a large, clean bowl. Beat with an electric whisk for 10-12 mins, or until glossy (it will be quite stretchy). It will take longer to whip than egg whites, so don’t be put off if it’s still liquid after 5 mins.
- STEP 5
Pipe or spoon the meringue onto the tart. Bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 1 hr 40-50 mins. Leave to cool in the oven once switched off and slowly bring to room temperature.