Slices, desserts and pastries, Cooking guide, Lemon meringue pie – Panasonic NN-C2000W User Manual

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Cooking Guide

Slices, Desserts and Pastries

Lemon Meringue Pie

Serves: 4 to 6

Ingredients:
Pastry:
1 cup

plain flour

2 tablespoons

caster sugar

75 g

butter

1

egg yolk

2 teaspoons

milk

Filling:
2

1

/

2

tablespoons cornflour

1

/

2

cup

caster sugar

150 ml

water
juice and grated rind
of 2 lemons

3

eggs, separated

1

/

3

cup

caster sugar, extra

Method:
Pastry:
Stir flour and sugar together in a bowl. Rub in butter
until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add egg
yolk and milk and knead lightly. Wrap and chill for
10 to 15 minutes.

Filling:
Place cornflour and sugar into a 1-litre casserole
dish. Gradually add water, stirring. Add lemon rind.
Cook on HIGH for 2 to 3 minutes, until boiling. Add
yolks and lemon juice and mix well. Cook on
MED HIGH for a further 2 to 3 minutes. Set aside.

To Cook by Convection:

Preheat oven to 180˚C. Roll out pastry to fit a 20 cm
pie plate. Prick base. Cook on Low Rack for 10 to 12
minutes. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form.
Gradually beat in extra caster sugar, one
tablespoonful at a time. Preheat oven to 180˚C.
Place lemon filling into cooked pastry case and top
with meringue. Cook on Low Rack for 10 to 12
minutes until meringue is golden in colour.

Tip: It is necessary to preheat oven again when
placing lemon mixture and meringue into pie shell.

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Scones

Serves: 8

Ingredients:
2 cups

flour

4 teaspoons

baking powder

1

/

4

teaspoon

salt

60 g

butter or margarine,
cut into small pieces
milk to mix
(approximately

3

/

4

cup)

Method:
To Cook by Convection:
Preheat oven to 220˚C. Place flour, baking powder
and salt in a large bowl and rub in butter. Add
enough milk to form a soft dough. Knead lightly on a
floured work surface. Pat out to 2 cm thickness then
with a floured knife, cut into approx. 8 scones. Place
scones on a lightly greased tray. Place on Low Rack
and and cook on 220˚C for 12 to 14 minutes. Cool
on wire rack.

Peach Crumble

Serves: 4 to 6

Ingredients:
70 g

butter

1

/

2

cup

flour

1

/

4

cup

sugar

1 cup

toasted muesli

1

/

2

cup

shredded coconut

1

/

2

teaspoon

cinnamon

1 can (810 g)

peaches, drained

Method:
Place butter in a 2-litre jug. Cook on HIGH for 40 to
60 seconds. Mix in flour, sugar, muesli, coconut and
cinnamon. Place the peaches in a 1-litre dish, top
with crumble mixture. Place on Low Rack and set on
Combination 6 for 20 minutes.

Apple Pie

Serves: 6 to 8

Ingredients:
Pastry:
185 g

butter

1

/

2

cup

caster sugar

1 tablespoon

lemon juice

1

egg

1

1

/

2

cups

plain flour

1 cup

self-raising flour

Filling:
2 cans

pie apples

(440 g x 2)

1

/

4

cup

caster sugar

1 teaspoon

arrowroot

1 teaspoon

cinnamon

Method:
Using electric beaters or a food processor, process
all pastry ingredients except flour until smooth and
creamy. Add flours and process until combined.
Press

2

/

3

of prepared pastry into the base of a

23 cm pie plate. Add combined filling ingredients to
pie base. Roll remaining pastry between two sheets
of greaseproof paper to fit pie. Place on pie and
press edges together. Place on Low Rack.

To Cook by Convection:
Cook on 180˚C for 40 to 50 minutes. Preheating is
not required.

To Cook by Auto Menu:
Select

, then press

.

Start

Cake/Slice

A

C

C

R

MC

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