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Zap up your life with these zingy treats – and they need just five ingredients!

Smart tarts

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DEAN WILMOT

Mini Lemon

Meringue Pies

MAKES 12 PREP 10 minutes

COOK 20 minutes COST $1.10 each

12 sweet pastry tart cases

350g jar lemon curd

2 egg whites

½ cup CSR caster sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

1 Preheat oven to 180ºC/160ºC fan-forced.

Place tart cases on an oven tray.

Bake for 8 minutes or until lightly

coloured. Cool slightly.

2 Spoon lemon curd into tart cases.

Using an electric mixer, beat egg whites

in a medium clean, dry bowl until soft

peaks form. Gradually add sugar, beating

well after each addition, until sugar

dissolves and mixture is thick and glossy,

and firm peaks form. Beat in essence.

3 Using a piping bag fitted with a 1cm plain

piping nozzle, pipe meringue over curd.

Bake for 8 minutes or until golden.

+ MINI ORANGE MERINGUE PIES

Omit lemon curd. Use orange

curd instead.

+ MINI JAM MERINGUE PIES

Omit lemon curd. Use strawberry

jam instead.

+ MINI COCONUT MERINGUE

PIES Omit vanilla essence. Add

2 tablespoons toasted desiccated

coconut instead.

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